Bottom Metal Engraving

[CBeck]

Simple fitting the rifle. Off to bluing.

Here is some of his recent work. I thought this was simply elegant.

 

[Jefferry404]

some examples of laser engraving that Tim at Matrix Gunsmithing is doing for his customers.

here is my one and only rifle engraving, a tribute to Arthur Neumann.

 

[CBeck]

here is my one and only rifle engraving, a tribute to Arthur Neumann.

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I love this…tell me more about it

 

[Jefferry404]

@CBeck
Thanks for getting me started
Neumann wrote Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa about his hunting in 1898 He made his way to Lake Rudolph in search of more elephants and was terribly gored by a cow elephant and spent about 3 months laid up there. His description is something. Observing the diverse birdlife at the lake, was his only solace.
His artist friend, John Millais, illustrated in his book and one of them, was the birdlife at the lake, on a tree on the water. The mood of the illustration is very dark and foreboding and I can imagine Neumann was conveying his pain to Millais. The engraver used this as inspiration for the floorplate and captured elements of both his enjoyment and pain, such as the Marabou storks and what we called "caretaker" birds on the distance sandbar and the joy of the butterflies and flamingos. I gifted her a table book of Millais paintings and she study his style.
Neumann hunted for profit but was also a naturalist and keen observer of wildlife. He has a couple named after him, one being this butterfly.

Steve

 

[CBeck]

Finished up!