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  1. SamW

    Texas Two Step

    I appreciate all the compliments! Truly appreciate! I am at 670 hours now with some small parts and 2 barrel bands to do yet. Hope that light at the end of the tunnel is not a freight train.
  2. SamW

    Merry Christmas

    And to you also Jeff! Thanks.
  3. SamW

    Texas Two Step

    Here is the bolt knob...very hard metal...ate graver tips by the minute...and grip cap.
  4. SamW

    Ngraver Company?

    I have for many years used Ray's square carbide gravers. Love them. Luckily I have a couple of unopened packages (6 per) that will last me for a while yet.
  5. SamW

    Help, please: old gravermeister advice

    Good job! I used my GM for 30 years.
  6. SamW

    Third bulino attempt

    Superb detailing!
  7. SamW

    a weird one for ya

    As an added bit of info...I use the same green pin setup to clean gold lines when they get darkened by rust bluing. Just a light going over usually does the trick. The dulling of the gold is due to very fine particles of oxide embedding in the surface of the gold during the carding process of...
  8. SamW

    a weird one for ya

    The case color hardening was very recently done and the polishing for detail accomplished prior to final assembly which was maybe three weeks ago. The parts were annealed prior to engraving and a lot of somewhat crude original engraving removed, mostly by mild steel inlay. The gold you refer...
  9. SamW

    a weird one for ya

    Example of selective color removal...
  10. SamW

    a weird one for ya

    Selective polish with a green polishing pin from Rio Grande works well for me. Takes very little effort and you have very good control. I put the pin holder into the end of a wood dowel and use the pin like a pencil eraser.
  11. SamW

    Happy Thanksgiving

    Absolutely! And FEGA and The Café are way up on the list.
  12. SamW

    Happy Thanksgiving

    And to you also Sir John! Tis a beautiful day here.
  13. SamW

    Work Flow

    I tend to mix and match...doing what seems fun at the time. I usually draw borders then scroll patterns and scenes. Then cut borders including any gold cavities. Then cut the scroll and any animals. I will add gold lines about this time as I like to see what it will look like with the rest of...
  14. SamW

    Issue 130 of The Engraver

    Ditto the above...a very very beautiful issue. Thanks Andrew!
  15. SamW

    Some practice scrollwork...

    Keep in mind that you should keep your tool holding hand/wrist ridged otherwise if you rotate the vise and at the same time make turning movements with your wrist you WILL induce elbows. It is near impossible to combine the two movements uniformly. I catch myself doing this from time to time...
  16. SamW

    Push Dagger

    Ditto the above comments. From design to execution to photography it is all superbly done!
  17. SamW

    Cutting aluminum

    I have engraved a good bit of aluminum and find Never-Seez or some other anti-seize lube works really well. Aluminum galls very easily and sticks to the face of the graver causing a false face making it hard to cut a straight line. I strop the point on hardwood frequently as well as lube...
  18. SamW

    Latest knife learning inlay

    Like Monk says, quality work is not a race, it does take time...as is said "it only costs more to go first class"!
  19. SamW

    Thank you for encouraging a young man with a dream

    I think it looks great with the darker background.
  20. SamW

    Out the window...

    Not the best shot but I will keep watching...

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