Hi Everyone

Exactly two years ago to this day a box of engraving tools turned up on my doorstep that I had ordered from the United States. And so my adventure in engraving began. As everyday goes by through the gentle teaching of others I learn something new and gain a better understanding of what I’m doing.

John B, Rex, Marty, Thank you.

Below are some photos of a Uberti Remington Revolving carbine that I’m working on and should have completely finished by the end of the year. Hopefully in time for Reno in 2008.

Everything up till now has been a practice plate of some sort so this is my first fully working engraved gun.

As usual your thoughts and comments are welcome.

Cheers
Andrew Biggs


Andrew Biggs
8/5/2007 12:48:43 AM

Andrew Biggs
8/5/2007 12:49:11 AM

Andrew Biggs
8/5/2007 12:49:36 AM

That's a beauty,Andrew.
Love it all, especially the strapwork and scroll on the top strap.
Using a fade-out print as a backdrop makes a masterful display layout.
Wonderful piece of work, congratulations.

John.

John Barraclough
8/5/2007 10:17:47 AM

Andrew

That's very nice. I hope I can get a first hand look at it. Like John B. said, I also like the strap work and scroll on the top.

Mike

Robert Bissell
8/5/2007 10:40:09 AM

Wow Andrew!!
That is SUPER nice! Looking forward to seeing the real thing in Reno!!!


Rex Pedersen
8/5/2007 11:17:27 AM

Andrew .. I am very impressed that is just beautiful work ,I cant Waite until I see it in Reno .. thanks for posting .. ron p.

Ron Nott
8/5/2007 8:58:53 PM

Thanks guys for all those nice words.

The clever plan at this stage is when it's all engraved to blue it then selectivly french grey over the engraved areas. After seeing some of Sam and Rons work done that way I was hooked.

If I make a mess of that then it will either be blued which I'm not an overly big fan of as it can sometimes detract from the engraving....or all French greyed.

Still, that part of it is still about a trillion hours away yet so I had better get my nose to the grindstone to get it finished.

The metal is a pleasure to cut as well. It feels like mild steel which would probabley be right as it's a cap 'n ball black powder gun.

Cheers
Andrew

Andrew Biggs
8/6/2007 12:12:41 AM

Nice work Andrew! Tell me, what is the steel on these Uberti's like to engrave? I've thought about getting one and engraving it as a demo piece. We're only allowed cap 'n' ball black powder pistols in the UK so an Uberti would fit the bill nicely.

cheers,
Marcus

Marcus Hunt
8/23/2007 5:36:52 AM

Hi Marcus

The steel is beautiful to engrave. Not to hard and not to soft. I have no comparison with the shotguns and rifles that you engrave.

They look good when you buy them but when stripped and the blue taken off you notice a lot of machine marks. Particulary in the cavity where the cylinder goes.

However with the metal being easy to work on the machine marks are easy enough to stone out. From memory the Remington took about 10 hours of work to get it ready.

I'm not sure how much work the colour case hardened models would need as I havn't tried one.

If you are going to engrave one try and get a full set of spare screws with it as they are incredibly soft and almost imossible to take out without damaging them.

They are nice canvasses to work on and can take a great variety of engraving styles. Even in todays market with all the modern guns, the black powder guns can hold their own for style and grace in their design.

Cheers
Andrew

Andrew Biggs
8/27/2007 5:38:49 PM