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  1. Mike Dubber

    Show us your favourite chasing hammer

    These are my favorites - one at Bench #1 and the other at Bench #2. #3 is in my travel/teaching case. They are used daily - couldn't work without them. They were made by A.G. Duncan who lived in California - he had an ad in the early Engraver Magazines and they were named the "1800's Chasing...
  2. Mike Dubber

    SCI 50th Anniversary Project

    Yes, I tend to keep busy Andrew - the only way I know of stay upright !
  3. Mike Dubber

    SCI 50th Anniversary Project

    I'm working with John Bolliger (Mountain Riflery, Pocatello, ID) to create the showcase item for SCI 50th Anniversary auction - to be held in Las Vegas, January 2022. We are producing a combination Rifle & Sidearm cased set. I will be receiving the rifle parts from John soon, but meanwhile...
  4. Mike Dubber

    Colt revolver engraving question

    I've seen this Colt Police Positive somewhere before...in a magazine or engraving book. It is beautifully engraved. The scrolls and layout are Masterful and executed typically of Colt Custom Shop engravers. Barry may be on-the-mark with Alvin White or one of his contemporaries. In regard to...
  5. Mike Dubber

    Announcement: John Rohner

    John's passing is a significant loss to the world of hand engraving - a friend, a colleague, and a passionate proponent for our craft.
  6. Mike Dubber

    Winchester 94

    I always finish with a light coat of clear lacquer. GRS has a product called Nikolas Lacquer. It's made specifically for brass instruments - dries hard and doesn't chip. the keyword here is a LIGHT COAT. I also apply several coats of Renaissance Wax to the entire gun. The first thing to...
  7. Mike Dubber

    Winchester 94

    They can also be French grayed - this is the same vintage 94 described in your original inquiry. I engraved this one in 2005.
  8. Mike Dubber

    Who engraved this?

    Yes, very sad to see that the trades are being outsourced while students are channeled into a college based curriculum. I taught high school fine arts and architectural drafting for ten years before I walked away from that - even in the late 60's I recognized that the fine arts and shop classes...
  9. Mike Dubber

    Who engraved this?

    It's a very nice interpretation of Lynton's style. The crosshatch layout used to drawn in the leopard is interesting - that's exactly the way Frank Hendricks suggested that an image could be accurately reduced/repeated during one of his seminar discussions. That is to cross-hatch the original...
  10. Mike Dubber

    Ball vise for hammer & chisel?

    I agree with Sam - you need a heavy, steady vise for H&C...the idea is to, as close as possible, achieve ZERO VIBRATION. when I first started engraving (1966) I used a vise called the VERSA VISE. I was able to attach it to a heavy workbench and lock everything down. At one time I used a...
  11. Mike Dubber

    Coarse grit sharpening?

    OK, "Heel" if you want - and I use a 50 degree face with a 17 -1/2 degree relief/heel. That's OK RM, I spent the first fifteen years at this art without talking with another engraver - no Forum, no books...no Power Hone...no sharpening devices - hammers and chisels...talk about confused!@X#@
  12. Mike Dubber

    Coarse grit sharpening?

    Yes Sam - is it DUBBBBING - but Dub doesn't do Flare as well as the other SAM. It difficult to keep up with which is Sam is which is SAM................ All of you should buy SAM's Fare Cut video......does that clear it up?
  13. Mike Dubber

    Coarse grit sharpening?

    Yes, more or less. I do the same with all my Speitzer (or Onglette) points, except I pull and roll from one side to the otheras I pull the graver backward over the leather strop. Attached are three examples of the resulting bright or flare cuts - 2 on demo plartes that I cut during my class...
  14. Mike Dubber

    Coarse grit sharpening?

    I complete my final grinds on the 1200 wheel with the GRS APEX system - and that wheel stays on my Power Hone until I need to make a new graver. After a clean up grind accross the bias of the graver face, I make six light strokes on the both reliefs without power. The final step is to brighten...
  15. Mike Dubber

    Colt Collectors Honor their Show Gun Engravers

    The Colt Collectors Association has produced their Annual Show Gun since the mid 90's. That gun is held as the final item in their Annual Auction - it's the highlight of the CCA Show. The Show Gun has always graced the cover of the Fall issue of The Rampant Colt Magazine, and that's the issue...
  16. Mike Dubber

    Progress photo

    The two terms "Sam Welch Scroll" and "Simple" do not correlate. I've watched him create these beautiful flowing scroll patterns for many years - even tried to cut them myself.....one fateful time....failed...never tried that again.
  17. Mike Dubber

    The "Tombstone Trio"

    One old man to another, huh? I don't see any slow-down in you Marty - and I've been looking closely at the character detail on your Winchesters for inspiration..............
  18. Mike Dubber

    The "Tombstone Trio"

    OK, back to a question asked earlier about supporting a SAA Front Sight while engraving it.....that's a great question. For those of you who have not engraved front sights before you should know that these are silver soldered into a slot milled into the barrel. When I was a beginning engraver...
  19. Mike Dubber

    The "Tombstone Trio"

    Yes, well, I have always been excessive-compulsive about fixtures. Extras certainly do make life easier, especially on multiples like this. After these are completed I doubt that I would ever again take on another three-gun project of this magnitude. Might have a fixture for sale?
  20. Mike Dubber

    The "Tombstone Trio"

    This is the first time I have taken on a set of three guns. Two has been my limit until this set came along and becasue they were so special (barrel lengths, consecutive numbers, etc.) I just couldn't resist. The subject line was interesting as well. The OK Coral is legendary, mystical, and...

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