Recent content by santos

  1. santos

    Vintage label for a gun case

    Those rings are not handles. They are only intended to help open the lid. I machine them from a piece of bronze. First the disk, which is then sawn in half. Then the U-ring that holds the two half-rings together. One is fixed, the other can rotate 90° on two axes that pass through the U. A...
  2. santos

    Vintage label for a gun case

    Late week I finished the engravingof an 1860 Colt. I needed a Colt label for its future case. Here it is I've made a S&W too And here is a pic with the four major manufacturers
  3. santos

    Vintage label for a gun case

    Inside the boxes the mark was sometimes affixed with gilded letters. I engraved gilding irons with the name Mariette to press the leather and put egg white at the bottom of the lettering. I made a little brush out of squirrel furr to pick up the gold leaf and put it in place. Once I apply...
  4. santos

    Vintage label for a gun case

    Thank you gentlemen for the kind comments, and thank you also to all those who liked it. I've also always loved the rings for lifting the lids on some of the old English gun cases. Some were branded with the owner's name. I made several with a lathe, and then engraved the mark. On this...
  5. santos

    Vintage label for a gun case

    Inside the gun case :
  6. santos

    Vintage label for a gun case

    I've always be fond of the kind of labels you can see in the web site Sheaf Ephemera : http://www.sheaff-ephemera.com/list/steel-engraving/ Beautiful lettering with some ornaments around , I spent hours studying similar lettering you can find in SANBORN maps at the end of 19th century ...
  7. santos

    My first project (tsuba)

    Congratulations Golabektafs , very nice result and nice tools I bet this will not be your last project
  8. santos

    engraving Damascus pattern

    Thank you Stephen. Yes, my vise has to be solid enough to hold some guns like this old Chassepot of French Army . I haven't engraved a machine gun yet, but it will certainly hold it ....
  9. santos

    engraving Damascus pattern

    @JJ Roberts, Thank You. It’s a pleasure to shoot with these ancient guns isn’t it ? @707chrisa, Thank You for your comments . These are Belgian blacksmith forging barrels near Liège , but we had the same craftsmen in France around St Etienne. @monk Thank you very much , I always appreciate...
  10. santos

    engraving Damascus pattern

    Bonjour à tous, hi dear engravers:) The early barrels were made using thin layers of iron wrapped around a mandrel and then forged. Here is a video of Belgian blacksmiths forging Damascus barrels near Liège around 1920. Later the barrel were made out of plain steel and the bore was machined...
  11. santos

    Spiral Staircase

    This staircase was designed by Leaonardo da Vinci for the Chateau de La Rochefoucault in Fance. I bet Leonardo would have been quite good for drawing scrolls
  12. santos

    Restoring, Engraving and Color Case Hardening a pin fire revolver

    COLOR CASE HARDENING: Once finished I took all the pieces apart for blueing the barrels and cylinder and color case harden the frame, hammer, trigger of the revolver and the action, hammer and the butt plate of the carbine. Hardening was not as easy as I would expect after watching some...
  13. santos

    Restoring, Engraving and Color Case Hardening a pin fire revolver

    Hi every body:) Here’s a project I’ve been working on during the whole December , while staying at home due to the pandemic. I had to restore a pair of guns for my collection : a small garden carbine 9mm smooth bore from 1900 And a pin fire revolver , 12mm calibre, a Triple Action Lepage et...
  14. santos

    Rust Busters

    Certainly a German Loot during WW2 : the nazi's overmarked it with their own punch Nice job JJ. Not really easy to restore punch marks that small. What geometry of tool are you using for this job?
  15. santos

    Draw Lucy

    another "camera lucida" thanks for sharing;)
See more

Latest posts

Sponsors

Top