Rehab Colt

[Weldon47]

Hi folks!

Here is one of the first things I did post surgery (herniated disc in my neck). I have quite a backlog but decided I needed to do some cutting to get my rhythm back so, I did this Colt. (By the way, it Was very therapeutic!) It is engraved in what I call a background-less pattern. (You will notice the lack of background in the scrolls) and is finished in antique nickel with fire blue screws

Enjoy,

Weldon

 

[BrianPowley]

Weldon, nice display! (Glad to see that your therapy is working)
Helfricht style, huh?
It's funny how this particular "no-background" style seems to be a shortcut when it actually takes a great deal of thought to pull it off...........and you sure did that!!!!!

Thanks for posting it here.

Brian

 

[Peter E]

Nicely done. The hammer treatment looks familiar. Did you post a gun that was done with a similar design a while back? I like it a lot.

Peter

 

[Weldon47]

Thanks Brian!

Peter E: Yes, it's a design I frequently use on Colt single actions and BP guns.

Weldon

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Another winner Weldon.

Just beautiful. If that's therapy, then what what do you do for fun

Fantastic

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Rick Eaton]

Weldon,
Nice colt thanks for sharing, you captured the style scrollwork of the period. Looks like your theripy is paying off.
Thanks
Rick

 

[Patternweldor]

Hi Weldon, That Colt really stands on its own,what a pattern! it follows the gun so well, it has that great early look,you did an unbelievable job in the layout and the cutting. I really appreciate you showing this it gives a person much inspiration!!

Thank you
Chris

 

[ddushane]

Beautiful work Weldon, Thanks for posting! Hope the neck is coming along, Dang disk! I've had 9 back surgeries, two disk in my lower back removed. It's a pain getting over it but God is Good! Hang in there! Your work is great! I love looking at it! Dwayne

 

[FANCYGUN]

Good looking gun Weldon. One interesting thing I have noticed about it. Your barrel pattern lays out from the front to the rear. Usually this is done in reverse by most people. You pulled it off beautifully.
Marty

 

[KSnyder]

Weldon, beautiful job on the Colt. I have a question about how you lay on a design for a project with curved areas , barrel, cylinder etc. I used a white layout similar to Chinese white & the steel had "freckles" on it after the job was done. What's your process?
thanks for showing, good luck with your therapy
Kent

 

[Weldon47]

Kent,

Thank you & sorry for the delay in responding, been out of town for a while! I use ink and tape transfers for patterns like you see on this Colt. I save (& have over the years) patterns that I like on a steel plate. They are then available for use at a later date. I can mix & match these for the task at hand which speeds things up quite a lot for production type engraving. When I'm doing one-off kind of work I draw designs directly onto the steel with the following method: First I coat the steel surface lightly with oil using the tip of my finger then using a little brush I dust the surface with talcum powder. This leaves a thin, milky-white coating which shows pencil lead pretty well. If I don't like what I draw I can wipe it off & redraw until I do like it. This is a two-edged sword since if I'm not careful it is also possible to unintentionally erase the design. I use a hammer & chisel for 95% of my work but am also familiar with airtool use & suspect that this technique may not lend itself as well to that method of engraving.

Hope that helps,

Weldon

 

[ron p. nott]

hi weldon .. great looking colt and very good engraving I do like your style and lay out of the pattern .. ron p.

 

[Tomyboy]

friggin amazing ... i wish we were aloud to have guns in Canada lol

 

[Weldon47]

Thanks Ron,

I know you know Colts!

Weldon

 

[KSnyder]

Weldon, thanks for the info. great h&c work.
Kent