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  1. Roger Bleile

    barrel pins

    What is an AIG .38 special.
  2. Roger Bleile

    Engrave In 2019 notes

    Looking forward to seeing my old friends and making new acquaintances.
  3. Roger Bleile

    Trying to Identify an engraver

    Your gun was engraved in Germany in the city of Frankfurt on the Main (river). There is also another Frankfurt on the Oder River. "Graviert Von Waffen-Weiss" Indicates engraved by the Weiss gun shop. The engraver may or may not have been named Weiss. The marking may indicate that the engraving...
  4. Roger Bleile

    Stonewall Jackson Rifle

    I got to see Mike's Henry at the OGCA. It is truly magnificent.
  5. Roger Bleile

    Question: How to shape objects when engraving?

    I have seen Sam's Bodmer sideplate also and Jerry is right. No photo can do it justice.
  6. Roger Bleile

    Question: How to shape objects when engraving?

    This is a link to my brother's tutorial using gravers and scrapers to sculpt relief. https://www.handengravingforum.com/showthread.php?t=3341
  7. Roger Bleile

    Help, please: hand push engraving

    MD, I'm curious about why you dredged up this old thread after it has been dormant for almost a year and the OP hasn't visited this forum in all this time, so he probably will never read your comment. Just the same, your post generated some interesting later comments.
  8. Roger Bleile

    Critique Request First completed knife

    Your ornamental engraving is very elegant. Your border, as I'm sure you know, has uneven depth and alignment.
  9. Roger Bleile

    A Few Projects - Python and Rings

    ...and the hits keep on coming!
  10. Roger Bleile

    A couple free tips...

    Good tips Mitch. I learned from Ken Hunt (on Facebook) that if you sprinkle some baby powder on the Damar then rub it in to spread it evenly it gives a nice white surface for drawing.
  11. Roger Bleile

    Question: Thoughts on engraving onto plastic?

    I have used my regular hand engraving tools (gravers) to engrave in plastic many times. Many years ago I was head engraver for an award manufacturing firm. I cut patterns into Plexiglas sheets to be used by the machine engravers. I usually cut the patterns with a #52 round graver with a 50...
  12. Roger Bleile

    Help, please: "english" scrollwork

    Send your e-mail address in a PM. I visited the school in 2011. There are two copies there. I have not tried to access Marcus Hunt's site.
  13. Roger Bleile

    Question: What is a Scorper

    Scorper: a sharp chisel-like tool with a curved or squared cutting end, used to scoop out broad lines and areas when engraving wood or metal. I think Allan explained it well, "...what it's supposed to do instead of what it looks like." My guess is that the origin of the word is a corruption...
  14. Roger Bleile

    Help, please: "english" scrollwork

    Daniel, Here are enlarged detail images of Churchill's English scroll on the Purdey that is shown in your link. This gun along with others by Winston G. Churchill is featured in my second book American Engravers-The 21st Century. By the way, when did you study at the Berufsfachschule für...
  15. Roger Bleile

    Heel sharpening question

    In my experience, #2 will leave less or no burr, especially on deeper cuts. Another advantage of #2 is that you can heavily flare a cut using a square graver that would normally require a flat graver.
  16. Roger Bleile

    Help, please: Graver geometry to cut in depth

    One of the issues you face when engraving in a depressed area, like that of the watch, is hitting the edge of the higher area with the bottom of the graver which will leave a mark. Die engravers get around this problem with what is called an engraver's ring. It is simply a small ring like a...
  17. Roger Bleile

    Ohio Gun Collectors Association Show May 11th & 12th, 2019

    I plan on attending and am a member of OGCA.
  18. Roger Bleile

    practice plate

    I believe the Ithaca Lewis guns came before McGraw's time. Here is an example.
  19. Roger Bleile

    practice plate

    Here is a typical Bill McGraw 4E trap gun.
  20. Roger Bleile

    practice plate

    Bill McGraw style.

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