1911U004
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Thanks. I'm pretty sure that's one of the first things Annie bought when we got home from the NRA show.View attachment 3589
This is still available on Amazon, while it is more of an instruction book there are also some great pictures.
I mentioned elsewhere that Pistol Annie is going to be taking a two-week engraving course this summer. She used to do some pretty nice metalwork years ago, and wants to try her hand at firearms.
I'd like to get some inspiration pics of tasteful engraving on different guns - pistols, long guns, whatever.
I'm not into the gold-plated, bling bling, El Chapo drug lord, cover-every-square-millimeter with engraving stuff - a little engraving goes a long way. But tastefully and judiciously-applied artistic examples would be great. If you come across anything that strikes your fancy please post it here.
Yup...I think I am hit for time and cost of admission....I still may do it!We watched a fellow do some engraving at the NRA show. He was amazing. That was actually what got Annie fired up about it. But it is very fine, detailed, time-consuming artistry. I don't have any real idea about the cost/time, but the numbers you quote don't really surprise me.
I may just do it....A very nice retirement gift!
Been a while since I posted anything in this thread. Annie's getting all her stuff together. She had such a good time at the basic gunsmithing class she signed up a stipling and grip reduction on plastic-fantastic pistols in Oct.I would love to have my Stainless Colt's engraved like some of the beautiful 1911's in the Texas Rangers Museum in Waco. I may just do it, as a retirement present to myself. But I have come up against several obstacles. "I'd love to do it, but it's stainless" "Id love to do it. Do you have $5000.00 " I'd love to do it, but can you leave it with me for two years" Any ideas? This may just be the terms for cost of entry.....
Thank you
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Has she went to YouTube and looked up "master engraver tv"?