GTJC460
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Just finished this Colt Commander for a client in Texas.
The customer had seen some of my work on other colts done in the deep relief Victorian style scroll inspired by Lynton McKenzie and wanted that style in a high coverage. The kicker was he wanted it in 6 weeks or sooner.
I was already pretty booked up so I had to squeeze working on it in between other jobs.
Some of the key features the client requested were the state seal of Texas and his last name. I decided to put the name on the slide stop, to give it a prominent place on the gun. The seal I placed between the rear sight and the ejection port.
The scroll work was fairly straightforward and didn't pose much problems. However the seal on the curved top wasn't much fun. That particular part of the slide seemed to be harder and required constant resharpening. Not to mention, cutting through a bead blasted finish is always a little tricky. There's not really any room to have a oops moment.
I also added a picture of a smoke pull I did. I have started doing them on all my work. It's a great way to keep a record of your work. I'm glad I have the portfolio as I refer back to it regularly. In the case of this project my prior pulls from other guns were very helpful in doing a similar job to what the client saw pictures of and liked. I'd highly recommend starting your own portfolio. Pictures are nice but smokes are very handy because you have the exact scale of the work you previously did.
EDIT: The grips are not my handiwork...they were marked RICK FRAS Houston TX....I don't know who he is.
The customer had seen some of my work on other colts done in the deep relief Victorian style scroll inspired by Lynton McKenzie and wanted that style in a high coverage. The kicker was he wanted it in 6 weeks or sooner.
I was already pretty booked up so I had to squeeze working on it in between other jobs.
Some of the key features the client requested were the state seal of Texas and his last name. I decided to put the name on the slide stop, to give it a prominent place on the gun. The seal I placed between the rear sight and the ejection port.
The scroll work was fairly straightforward and didn't pose much problems. However the seal on the curved top wasn't much fun. That particular part of the slide seemed to be harder and required constant resharpening. Not to mention, cutting through a bead blasted finish is always a little tricky. There's not really any room to have a oops moment.
I also added a picture of a smoke pull I did. I have started doing them on all my work. It's a great way to keep a record of your work. I'm glad I have the portfolio as I refer back to it regularly. In the case of this project my prior pulls from other guns were very helpful in doing a similar job to what the client saw pictures of and liked. I'd highly recommend starting your own portfolio. Pictures are nice but smokes are very handy because you have the exact scale of the work you previously did.
EDIT: The grips are not my handiwork...they were marked RICK FRAS Houston TX....I don't know who he is.
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