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  1. Mike Dubber

    Colt single action

    The answer here is to have the Colt "timed" by a competent Pistol Smith. Timing involves regulating when the pawl falls into the cylinder notch. Ideally, it is supposed to fall into the rounded entry channel just before the notch, but these guns were never timed at the factory - unless on...
  2. Mike Dubber

    How old are you?

    Wow: all my friends are kids - Senior 76, but engraving keeps me active and fulfilled.
  3. Mike Dubber

    Liner Gravers

    Thanks guys, it’s good to know that the Stubs brand lives, at least in the hands of craftsmen who enjoy using them.
  4. Mike Dubber

    Which direction to engrave a mug?

    I’ve probably engraved a thousand mugs, baby cups, chalices and many other assorted vessels like this. As the others suggested - ask the buyer first. I did read in an old Engravers journal that the person so honored to have their name engraved on their cup, should display that honor to those who...
  5. Mike Dubber

    Liner Gravers

    I haven’t been able to Google up any information about Stubs - but this tool looks to be very old.
  6. Mike Dubber

    Liner Gravers

    I agree with Mr. Roberts, NgraveR Co. makes great Liner Gravers. I would not agree that the Liner Graver is no longer acceptable in modern engraving, or that they are used for inferior work. Much of my work is done on Colt Firearms following the traditional and accepted style of the Old...
  7. Mike Dubber

    Acrocanthosaurus

    Something the Howitzer range?? A German 88 would do the job.
  8. Mike Dubber

    Bank note portrait graver.

    I agree - I just bought two new LED Lamps for my workstations - expensive, but wonderful. These Luxors have 270 LED bulbs with a diffuser screen, and the intensity is adjustable from light to BRIGHT!
  9. Mike Dubber

    Acrocanthosaurus

    John Bolliger (Riflemaker, Pocatello, ID) and I have partnered on many fine rifles over the years. He called recently to ask if I could do a dinosaur portrait? It seems one of our mutual clients for whom we've created several big game rifles, always theme dedicated to the game taken on his...
  10. Mike Dubber

    Bank note portrait graver.

    I still have the gravers we made in Bob Swartley's class at Trinidad State Jr. College, Colorado, during the circa 2000 NRA Summer Program. They are square, no heel...and I still use them.
  11. Mike Dubber

    The 2019 Safari International Auction Rile

    John Bolliger and I and started the SCI World Heritage Series in 2014 with the African Continent...a 375 H&H Magnum. The fifth and last of five rifles in the World Heritage Rifle Series – representing the Americas – is a .338 Winchester Magnum. The rifle will be auctioned at the 47th SCI...
  12. Mike Dubber

    2019 Grandmasters

    Thanks folks - Sam and I are dedicated to producing the best GRS Grand Masters ever! For those who don't know, I am heavily invested in the Grand Masters Programs, having attended five myself....starting with Winston Churchill and Ron Smith. My skills as an engraver are a direct result of...
  13. Mike Dubber

    Announcement: NEW LED Diffused Ring Light. No more glare, distracting hotspots and streaks of light

    Thanks, Leonardo - please send purchase information
  14. Mike Dubber

    FEGA

    I agree - a few days at FEGA with fellow engravers is just what you need to start learning....nothing like it anywhere!
  15. Mike Dubber

    SCI 2019 Auction Rifle, "Elk Fight"

    I'm using a LEICA A60 with a GRS Acrobat Stand
  16. Mike Dubber

    SCI 2019 Auction Rifle, "Elk Fight"

    Five years ago John Bolliger and I initiated the Safari International Rifle Series Project with SCI #1, The African Continent. There have been three other great rifles produced and sold at SCI auctions since then. For 2019 John and I are producing the final gun of the Series - "The North...
  17. Mike Dubber

    The Robert E. Lee Colt

    Yes, the brass cut very clean, even though it was a bit brittle. I stripped the original silver off, then engraved, and then had the grip frame and trigger guard gold plated.
  18. Mike Dubber

    The Robert E. Lee Colt

    Ken Van Dyne (Jump Yankee Studio, Cincinnati, O)H) just finished the photography - here is a sample composition.
  19. Mike Dubber

    Question for those with experience.

    That looks to be a good Gen 1 candidate for engraving. It appears that it has already suffered through one or more overzealous polishings prior to plating...the corners and edges have been rounded and the screw holes are blurred. The edges between the frame, trigger guard and backstrap no...
  20. Mike Dubber

    Question for those with experience.

    Jerrwh: I placed my Colt 1851 Navy cylinder in my lathe to remove the stamped images - as you suggested, I only had to turn off about .010" to remove 95% of the marks. The remaining few marks were lost in my scrollwork and inlay. Heat treating to remove the color case should be no problem for...

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