Transition style revisited

[Chas]

A tutorial would be wonderful and certainly appreciated for those of us that are beginners.

 

[Roger Bleile]

Is it the same style? I has no idea how to call it.
Engraved in 1985.

I think it is a very similar style of engraving Paul, however yours is more florid and complex in design. The few stainless steel Ruger shotguns I have engraved were too hard to execute this style without excessive tool breakage. Was the one pictured annealed prior to engraving?

Roger

 

[PAUL LANTUCH]

All Ruger long guns were engraved before the heat treed process. Unfortunately the company is not practicing annealing on a sold guns, they are very careful for liability.

 

[Frank P]

hi all
i agree with Chas.. a small tutorial or some pics of gravers would help a lot to understand, this style is really outstanding!! I know there s some grs classes about it, but unfortunatly not in Europe..
Thanks in advance...

 

[Roger Bleile]

Apparently there is sufficient interest so I will put something together when I am able. I would love to see Ron Smith do the same as his style contains a greater variety of decorative elements than the way I have been doing it.

 

[Christopher Malouf]

I am simply "resuscitating" this thread from page seven because it belongs in the tutorial section right next to Roger's tutorial simply for the reasons Roger mentions in his last post.