P&V Eagle Design

[dcurrie911]

Not sure that I will ever cut it, but I have been playing with the design a bit.


Dan

 

[SamW]

Looks to me that it needs to be cut! Might take a long time but have at it!!

 

[mitch]

i like the buttplate scene, but would crop it in tighter. bigger animals, less tree. just a suggestion...

 

[Roger Bleile]

Dan,
Do you have a P&V? I don't think I have seen one get to the US without engraving. Most were engraved by the late Claudio Tomasoni.

 

[dcurrie911]

Thanks Sam. It has been 3 years since I have cut a scroll. But i’m still young(ish), so maybe.

Good suggestion Mitch. I will work on some changes.

Hi Roger, yes I have a barreled action (P&V) in the white. I stocked it a few years ago. And yes they were quite concerned when I asked them detailed disassembly questions but they were gracious and generally helpful.

Dan

 

[dcurrie911]

Hi Mitch. Lots of clean up required but here are a couple of iterations. Your thoughts? The left is the original and I turned off the shading and background layers in hopes of a more clear picture.

 

[Jonathan.Silas]

Not who you asked but the second from the left looks best proportioned to my eye. The cat looks just the right size in relation to the prey.

 

[dcurrie911]

Thanks Jonathan. I used the animal proportions from #2 and tree from #3 and came up with this version.

 

[monk]

fwiw that's quite a oiece of wood. looks like polished marble

 

[mitch]

i'm pretty sure i've never seen a double of any sort with a full length 'Mannlicher' style fore-end. very interesting...

 

[dcurrie911]

Not a double. The P&V Eagle is a single shot break open. I added hardware to the barrel to allow me to create a forearm design similar to the Merkel stutzen. This rifle is chambered in 7x65 R which is the reason for the leopard motif.

Thanks Monk, bought that stock blank in the early 2000’s and waited for the right gun to put it on.

 

[dcurrie911]

I didn’t like the tree or the balance of the scene so made a few changes. The shading is rough but gives an idea of what it could look like. Better?

 

[Leland Davis]

I like it you can sense the doom of the antelope fawn

 

[papart1]

please for me being the village idiot enlighten me on the "P&V" nomenclature please.

 

[dcurrie911]

Good, thanks, I wanted to pull the fawn away a bit to focus the threat.

P&V is short for Perugini & Visini which is an Italian gun maker.

 

[Jonathan.Silas]

I didn’t like the tree or the balance of the scene so made a few changes. The shading is rough but gives an idea of what it could look like. Better?
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Truly enjoyed watching this come together. To often it's easy to see a completed piece and fail to grasp the careful work and planning that went into its creation.

 

[dcurrie911]

Thanks Jonathan. I struggle with pretty much every game scene but get a lot of good advice from people on Engravers Cafe.

 

[dcurrie911]

My best critic and biggest fan (my wife) thinks I should scrap the game scene idea and just do an animal like the Kudu I did a few years ago.

 

[Leland Davis]

Normally I would say listen to your wife but that scene needs to be cut.

 

[papart1]

thanks 911