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  1. Gargoyle

    Engraved 1953 Beretta

    I have a couple of questions about this my 1953 Beretta 420bis, the engraved version of the model 418, .25acp. 1. might it be signed anywhere? 2. About how much time would the engraving have taken? I know on the Beretta shotguns the engravers often signed or initialed their work somewhere near...
  2. Gargoyle

    Critique Request A rough design for a lion pendant

  3. Gargoyle

    Critique Request A rough design for a lion pendant

    I just happened across this in a book of wood carving patterns.
  4. Gargoyle

    Critique Request A rough design for a lion pendant

    look carefully at what you do with the angle of the eye, shape of the iris and the eye socket. That is critical for getting the "lion" effect.
  5. Gargoyle

    Critique Request A rough design for a lion pendant

    Currently yours is a lioness. Add a mane and you change the gender. Decide which you want to portray first...
  6. Gargoyle

    Laser "engraved" Beretta

    Old thread I just stumbled on, the Beretta link from the original post is broken, but I found it on their site. Scroll down for the photos. They look strange to me- maybe just the lighting or some photoshop enhancement, but to my eye they look more like computer simulations, "virtual"...
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    Critique Request A rough design for a lion pendant

    and some pix from an old German book on animal anatomy, by Schaefer.
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    Critique Request A rough design for a lion pendant

    Here are a few reference images, from Materiaux et Documents d'Architecture et de Sculpture, A. Raguenet, circa 1880.
  9. Gargoyle

    Limestone morning glory garland

    I was once involved in a 45 minute argument in a shop in Italy. I wanted them to drain the tank regularly; 80 gallon tank, must have had 50 or 60 gallons of greasy water in it (from humidity in the air) so water would drip and spray out of the hoses and onto the marble, carvers would spend a few...
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    Limestone morning glory garland

    When I was first training in Italy many of the shops had Ingersol's that the U.S. Army left behind after the war. Solid, reliable compressors, the shops resisted replacing or upgrading and kept those going as long as they could.
  11. Gargoyle

    Limestone morning glory garland

    That would be Trow & Holden. I have a number of their hammers, including one from 1902. They rebuilt it for me, didn't charge me- it 's still under warranty. They hold a patent on these hammers, from around 1887 or 1889 (the company was founded in 1890, I'll have to check the details- perhaps...
  12. Gargoyle

    Limestone morning glory garland

    BTW, I changed hammers once or twice during the video- I cropped out the dead space. I'm using two sizes of Cuturi hammers there, a type E and a type V.
  13. Gargoyle

    Limestone morning glory garland

    I have a butterfly valve about 24 or 30" up the hose, so I can just reach up and bump it to adjust. I don't want anything extra attached to the back of the hammer- no valves, no quick couplers... that just makes it longer, heavier and less maneuverable. Most carvers put quick couplers there, but...
  14. Gargoyle

    Limestone morning glory garland

    Looks like they are moving back and forth, but the pressure is only on the forward stroke, then a quick return for the next stroke. The teeth on those only cut one way. As to your hands hurting, keep in mind that is just one of 72 morning glories- 71 on the garland, and one in her hair.
  15. Gargoyle

    Limestone morning glory garland

    Yes, that's the stone ringing clear, a good sound. If it has a dead sound, that's when you have to worry. I have an old compressor, 1960's vintage, 3 hp motor and 5 hp 2 stage cast iron pump, which results in the pump running slowly- good for it's life span. An 80 gallon tank. But don't compare...
  16. Gargoyle

    Limestone morning glory garland

    Yes, and like many traditions, it developed and stuck around because it works extremely well. Lighter weight, more comfortable, and breaths better (cooler in the summer) than cloth hats, and it covers more of the hair, so it keeps dust off better than other hats. Also, I can afford it.
  17. Gargoyle

    Limestone morning glory garland

    I've been having fun the past few months...
  18. Gargoyle

    Found some work I did on the web

    Beautiful, and I love the price, zero Yen. But is shipping included? :D
  19. Gargoyle

    For the man who has everything...

    If I buy it, would I be allowed to open it myself, or would I need to ring for my butler to tend to that task?
  20. Gargoyle

    Carving grapevine on a limestone cross

    She's a Weimaraner. In early discussions with the client, we considered doing something like this 100-year-old tombstone in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, but we simplified the design, and I have her looking out of a knot in the tree.

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