apprenti graveur

This is the second commission I have taken in. It is a Uberti 1866 Winchester reproduction. The customer wanted a rattle snake motif. I did some "Fauxbulino" inside the front scrolls to make a snake eye. Critique welcome, as how can I get better unless I know what to work on.

Stanley and other woodworking planes

hand carved horn

In order to achieve a greater engraved depth and more 3D effect I start out making a lost wax casting and then doing the final gravure work with diamond and carbide rotary air tools. I generally work in nicr or cocr and then hand polish. The "gun" itself fires a commercially available blank although most of my work is collected for display....and yes these metals are VERY hard.