well, mr kid-- welcome. you're in for a fantastic life-changing journey or a dead end street. either way, it will be your choice. good luck to you. before dropping a dime, you may want to check out your drawing skills. such skills will be a requisite to becoming proficient at this art.
i'm currently making a modernistic battle axe for a gent. i used to make a lot of medieval weaponry. some as accurate as poss. to original, some based on a clients' particular wish.
there was a nearly hi end jewelry store in our area that's now departed. my niece worked for this store for a time. during her tenure there, they applied for a rolex "dealership" (if that's the correct term), and were politely turned down. the reasoni given was that there was a rolex outlet x...
if one looks at the video by rolex, it becomes readily apparent why they are fussy as to whom they authorize to work on their products. sorry, no link. the rolex video is well worth watching.
one of the lindsay templates provide such a relief. this works but removes a lot of metal that normally gives support to the face. it's crazy to do as the relief area is removed with the graver slightly below the diamond surface. sort of scary when using a power hone.
oh my ! such a beautiful pair of videos. the work you did on the pistol is very nice. i simply cant thank you enough for sharing this with us. i'm nearly ashamed to ask you. could you please send a few fotos of the vise you used. that vise was quite interesting.
i'm thinking there's so much personal preference as to which graver and which geometrY for a given material, that there's probably several for each material we all normally work with. perhaps you could hint at a given material you're interested in working on. if there's a "guide" that will...