Cyrano de Bergerac

[sdcoxx]

Hello Cafe members,
My latest sacrifice to the ebay gods.....
Part of my effort to raise funds for a trip to Kansas this month.
Any other members taking Steve Dunn's knife engraving class?
Enjoy,
Stephen

 

[vanknife]

Hi Sephen this is exellent your surface finishing is of a very high standard thanks for sharing.

Cheers

"VAN"

 

[JBrandvik]

Another winner, Steve! The eBay gods will be fighting over this one.

 

[Peter E]

WOW...that is REALLY nice. Has a very clean look to the carving.

Thanks for posting it.

Peter

 

[fegarex]

Very nice Stephen!
I can't even spell it let alone carve it. I bet I see some relief stuff on your shotgun, huh?

 

[Ranchman]

Excellent. You really made the date pop with that boarder. Your gold work is also very well done.

Jeff

 

[mdengraver]

Excellent! All I can see is:

wow,wonderful.very clean, and precise cutting.

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Really Cool Stephen

I'm with rex...........it would be nice to see some of that sculptured work on a gun.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[joseph engraver]

Very nice work.Your humor and the fun you have doing your work shows.you definatly have your own style.What power magnification do you normally work under?

 

[gail.m]

Stephen,
You should have no trouble paying for your Kansas trip with this one. Your coins are so crisp, they are always fun to see.
gailm

 

[monk]

your work is beyond belief. esp your background treatments. such diversity in each piece is a real treat to see. like with groucho.

 

[Sam]

very nicely done! Clean work...bravo.

 

[finn]

Steve Dunn is the first hand engraver I ever met . nice guy he was at a blade show FL Disnyworld and let me sit down and use the Graver Max for hours, very fun day.
Nice coin just looked it up on e-bay , love your borders around the coins you make !

Keep up the good work

 

[sdcoxx]

Hello Cafe members,
The coins allows me to practice many aspects of engraving.
Layout, design, relief work, borders, inlays, and even lettering. More importantly, I learn to use and control my tools.
The fact there are collectors of hobo nickels and the ebay market through which to sell to the collectors allows me to get paid to practice. Granted, the money is not great. However, it is enough to support my engraving hobby.

Rex, I am looking forward to your class this summer. If time allows, you will see relief work from me.

Andrew, I like the idea of some sculpturing or bulino work on the shotgun. However, the week of class flies by so fast with so much to learn, I doubt there will be time. Perhaps upon my return home..

Joseph, The microsope has allowed me to see and engrave with greater detail. I adjust the scope between .7 to 1.5 for most of my work...

Monk, I've fallen in love with a hammered background, as of late... I do a lot of stippling for texture and color.

Finn, The borders allow me to relief deeper for a more sculptured appearance... Besides, one day I would like to take Sam's jewelry engraving class and I will need to do a border or two... This border was a bailout, the entire coin was a struggle and I did not want to put any additional time into it...

Thanks, for the positive feedback...
Stephen

 

[Danny C]

Hey SDC

You need to get to e-bay right now - there is a coin there that looks EXACTLY like yours! This guy as taken your idea and is selling it. He even has your initials!

 

[Jon C. Dake]

Stephen: Very cool coin. Just when I think that I am making some sort of inroads into coin carving I see yet another one of your incredible works of art and realize just how much further I have to go. I actually really like this border. Very equal line divisions and the border does a great job of framing the carving and yet doesn't detract from the carving.