Stainless 1911s project done!

[dlilazteca]

I did have a curious experience that I couldn't repeat. I noticed I had done nearly the entire outline on one side and the C-Max graver was still as sharp as when I started. I was curious and zoomed in on the tip and found a micro chip on it right at the point. It created a sharp facet. When it finally gave out, I was never able to duplicate what I had. If I could I would have patented that point!

Very interesting, can you draw what you think it looked like?



Carlos De La O III

 

[Donny]

Fred, I forgot how to hold a bow it's been so long. Jim, sorry you missed them. They were shipped out as soon as they left the photographer but I will have some great photos soon.
Donny, I used a combination of several gravers. On a few hard sections I used C-max. Majority was done with plain old Glensteel gravers and some that I got from Tira Mitchell. I use parallel points for all my gravers. 96 deg for all the outline and most of the background removal, 116 deg for most of the shading. Can't tell you what the final face angles were. I just steepened the faces a bit from the standard Lindsay templates. Around 50deg I suppose. Tips were slightly dubbed for the outlines. I really don't get too hung up on exact geometry. Play around till something works and stick with it. Every metal behaves differently. These were 416 stainless Caspian frames and slides by the way.
I did have a curious experience that I couldn't repeat. I noticed I had done nearly the entire outline on one side and the C-Max graver was still as sharp as when I started. I was curious and zoomed in on the tip and found a micro chip on it right at the point. It created a sharp facet. When it finally gave out, I was never able to duplicate what I had. If I could I would have patented that point!

Layne,

Thank you for taking the time to explain all that! I do appreciate it!

Donny

 

[Ste82]

Beautiful work!

 

[RDP]

Excellent work Layne, congratulations,

Richard.

 

[Toad]

Beautiful !!!!!!!!!!

 

[Weldon47]

Layne,
Kudos on a very nice set of 1911's!
Overall, a very attractive layout & great execution!!
Looking good...Keep it up, man!!!

Weldon

 

[Southern Custom]

Found a closer shot of the right side. I didn't realize how shoddy some of the first pics were till I posted them. Thanks again for all the kind words y'all! It's encouraging as I only see the parts that I could have done different or better.

 

[davidshe]

Wow Layne, that is some nice clean engraving! Congratulations!