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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Ed Wenger on November 01, 2012, 02:57:03 AM
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I just finished this Fowler and thought I'd share some photos... It's a Dunlap red maple stock, barrel inlet by Dave Keck, Chambers lock, Not sure of the butt piece and trigger guard as they'd been laying around the shop for a while... Colerain barrel. Finished with Aquia Fortis and Permalyn. The AF is my home made mixture, and the metal I used was from a piece of yankee case shot dug up on a friends farm, which I thought was pretty cool. Anyway, critiques, questions, comments welcomed...
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Ed
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Outstanding! I love everything about it. May I ask how you finished the metal on the barrel and lock?
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Holy moly Ed. I love it. The AF color is perfect to me. Ya got skill ;D ;D
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That turned out very nice Ed. Simply elegant without being over the top. I picture a dead duck or two as I look at your fowler. Superb engraving.
David
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Really clean, just so well done. You're doing outstanding work.
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Did I miss this at lunch?!? Very nice.
Larry Luck
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Really nice Ed. Love all the border engraving. Very classy.
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Oh that is a beauty! Love everything about it. All the details are just right!! A slim lady! 20 GA eh??
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Ed,
Really a great looking gun, love that engraving on the buttplate.
Is that the buttplate you had in the back of the car at the bar-b-q lunch?
Dennis
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Very nicely done!
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Very pretty Ed. I love that border. I'll have to pick your brain on that one next time I see you.
I'm wondering too- ga. and length of barrel?
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That's a good piece. looks like you have a copy of Schipper's engraving book around..... ;)
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Thanks all for the kind words, greatly appreciated.
Satwel, the finish is very simple. The barrel and lock were cold blued, then rubbed back to the desired color with a scotch brite pad and Balistol. I've used motor oil in the past and that works well also.
Larry & Dennis, yes, that was the butt piece I had at the BBQ lunch.
It's a .20 ga, 46" Colerain barrel, and yes, Mike, I do have a copy of Schipper's book in the shop!, lol...
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Really nice in all aspects.
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Very nice, such clean work.
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Very impressive. I love the finish, and the nice engraving. I very much appreciate you having the good sense to display it on a neutral background, so all the fine details can be seen. I know photographing your pride and joy in front of an old out house door, or on top of sixty three home tanned skunk hides is ever so artsy fartsy, but its not a good way to show your hard work.
Hungry Horse.
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That is an elegant gun, love the fit and finish and attention to detail - speaks volumes about its maker and your vision Ed. Well done!
Dave
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Hey Ed, if you don't want that old ugly thing laying around your shop embarrassing you in front of company and the such, then just let me know and I'll drive up and take it off your hands for you. ;D
There are many guns that pass through my hands in this shop and lots of those are beautiful. But it is a rare few that would get me to actually give up my hard earned cash for them. This one however, should be hanging here in the show room with the collection of Chambers, Silver's, Gahagan's, and Kiblers! Just Spectacular!
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fine work. very attractive to my eye.
/mike
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Ed, fantastic is all that comes to my mind. Border engraving is beautiful to say the least. If i may ask, what tools do you
use to create such border work? Regards--MikeH
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Excellent workmanship, Ed. You did a wonderful job slimming the forearm along the barrel channel. Your engraving adds just the right amount of bling.
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Just......EXCELLENT WORK!
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Thanks again, everyone...
Mike, the borders were done with a graver. Typical nick and dot boarder.
Ed
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Classy gun and yep Barbie I agree that one would be worth owning. Well done Ed, thanks for sharing.
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Super clean Ed! I really like the breech treatment on the barrel.
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Very nice, carving is clean and just enough to stand out. The engraving is superb. I should have had you engrave the gun I just bought from you. ;D
Bill
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Love the lines, finishes and engravings. It's a gun you'd love to pick up and shoulder. Excellent workmanship all the way round, Ed. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice. Just plain nice.
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Ed,
Outstanding work as always. Simple gun but with enough carving and engraving to really make it stand out.
Mark
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I like your tang carving especially. Good work overall. And of course a suggestion. ;) Keep studying original work!
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Ed,
The fowler is, to my eye, elegant in both form and execution. I am certainly no expert but I gage my personal interest in any particular gun by how often I return to look at the posted pictures and by how much I would like to see additional details that are not in the pictures. I keep looking at these pictures A LOT ! Great job.
And I love the aqua fortis made from a piece of "yankee" case shot...that sort of nuance greatly appeals to my own sense of history. Beautifully done all around.
I give you joy of her, Sir.
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Very elegant lines. It is a beautiful gun.
Best regards
Rolf
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Ed, The more I look at it the more I love its profile. Very nice eye!!!
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The only complaint I have is that the gun is too beautiful to use! Congratulations on the outstanding craftsmanship. And thanks for sharing the pix.
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Sweet! really nice job................ ;)