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    Very nice scrollwork design developed with the help of your grid. And impressive metal work on your slide. Going to be a winner.
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    Marking out gun screw and pin heads for engraving

    Nice job. Keep doing it.
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    New Neighbors

    Cute little creature. Guess Momma turned him/her out to find their way in the world.
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    One year of engraving

    Hello Sarah, Some very nice engraving ,congratulations. And a shout out to Ray for the ground work he provided !
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    Happy 4th of July

    Wishing all the Cafe members a happy, healthy and safe Independence Day.
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    R.I.P. Ray Philips

    Dave, thank you for your good thoughts about our dear mutual and departed friend, Raymond Phillips. As you said, Ray was certainly a part of the Great Generation. He served his country during WW2 in the Air Force, as a an aircraft engine mechanic. For many years after WW2 Ray continued to serve...
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    R.I.P. Ray Philips

    I remember it too Sam. And when Ray looked around and saw that he was being served a Birthday Cake, he had big tears in his eyes. Wonderful memories of a good man, and friend to so many. May he rest in peace Hope he and his Alma are united and happy together in Heaven.
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    R.I.P. Ray Philips

    Andrew, Thank you very much for posting the sad news of the passing of Ray Phillips on the Cafe Forum. I hope you will also post it in The Engraver for all FEGA members to see. As Roger Bleile said so well, Rest in piece and love, "Ramundo," my dear friend.
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    Help, please: Design advise on knife.

    That will work, Byrn. Another way would be to slightly enlarge the last scroll on your original design ( the one with the textured background) and start a scroll backbone from the outside of it, and which extends and wraps around the hinge pin. This will make that end of the scroll design part...
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    Help, please: Design advise on knife.

    Thanks BB, hope you make it work. You have a good design going on the knife and both ends of the knife need to continue with the same general design elements IMO.
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    Help, please: Design advise on knife.

    Hi Byrn, That is much better, but I think you will like it even more if you show a stem mostly surrounding the hinge pin and the elements originating from that, rather than directly from the hinge. Give it a try and see what you think.
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    Help, please: Design advise on knife.

    Hello Byrn. Still looks very "added on" to me. I realize you have been working hard and it's your decision to make. If you don't mind, try working off the large hinge pin on the blade end. And keep the elements and background areas in the same size range as your bold original and nice scroll...
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    Help, please: Design advise on knife.

    Too small, in my opinion Byrn. Looks "added on", instead of part of the original design. Not everywhere does it have to be full scrolls. But keep the elements, leaves and background spaces approximately the same size as the existing engraving. Some things could be just leaves and buds emanating...
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    Question: Greatest joy

    Most of us often see things in our work that could, and should have been improved. The greatest reward is the constant learning curve.
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    Help, please: Design advise on knife.

    Hello Byrn, make a drawing or ink impression from what you now have on your knife' Then draw in some smaller scroll or elements originating from the pins or the line borders at each end of your knife. Try to design it so that the background removal areas stays balanced on the whole design. Keep...
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    Lindsay BenchJewel Graver and hammer/chisel + ball vise.

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    Need opinion on work on 1911 slide

    To me it looks like something done quickly, without much time being spent to fully develop a design. If a contract job, it looks like a lot of engraving coverage was requested at a low price. I believe it was either hand drawn or just cut on the "fly." No transfers made and used in laying it...
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    "Sample-plate" wip

    Some wonderful flair cutting in steel and some outstanding decorative borders and shading. Love your twisted ribbon border and the shading, you hit it out of the park.
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    Need opinion on work on 1911 slide

    Much better photos, thank you. Some errors in design and cutting. In some places there are large scrolls emanating from small scrolls. Also too much use of outside work to fill major areas of the design. In many places the the size of the outside work has big leaves, much larger than the leaves...
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    Congratulations.

    Congratulations to publisher Andrew Biggs for yet another outstanding issue #133 of The Engraver, the FEGA journal. And a shout out to Master Engravers Ron Smith and Wade Oliver Wilson, a new Master, for the wonderful cover photographs of their Engraving artistry. This is a world class issue...

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