Author Topic: Found out how long forever is Couple more pics of finished tang carving (Read 6945 times)

Mike Brooks · « **on:** May 01, 2019, 08:03:28 PM »

Been working on this for a long time. I had planned on having it ready to show at the Knoxville show....I guess I missed that by a bit.

As you can see this is along the lines of the Lion and Lamb gun. Has a Rice Early Dutch Light barrel in .54, 41" long and BIG at the breech. Chambers Virginia lock. All the brass is cast locally. EK furnished the box pattern. It has a single trigger hung in the wood. Going to have a lot of Christian Oerter in it, you'll notice the brass wire buttstock molding ala Oerter. I changed the tang carving after struggling with it for an entire day, the present drawing went on quick. The wood is an outstanding piece that originally came from Tiger Hunt. It had a twenty year old price on it of $400...way above my pay grade here...

At the time the pics were taken I was carving the tang area, the pics in that area are pretty washed out, but you get the main idea.

David Rase · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2019, 08:11:25 PM »

Nice job on the lion. How did you make all the round circles? Punch? That sounded like an oxymoron, round circle. Looking good. Your incised carving at the tang also looks clean and crisp. You might grow up to be a pretty good gunmaker someday.

David

Daryl · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2019, 08:14:43 PM »

Agreed - IF he practices daily - no more sloughing off and playing.

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2019, 08:17:33 PM »

Quote from: David Rase on May 01, 2019, 08:11:25 PM

Nice job on the lion. How did you make all the round circles? Punch? That sounded like an oxymoron, round circle. Looking good. Your incised carving at the tang also looks clean and crisp. You might grow up to be a pretty good gunmaker someday.
David

Nail punch, that crew at Christian's Spring were apey about circles. That incised carving is going to end up relieved after lunch and siesta. My back is killing me after all the relief carving I did this AM.

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2019, 08:18:56 PM »

Quote from: Daryl on May 01, 2019, 08:14:43 PM

Agreed - IF he practices daily - no more sloughing off and playing.

All day yesterday was practice day. Started off this AM with an eraser and wiped out yesterday all together...yesterday no longer exists!

bama · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2019, 08:39:25 PM »

Looks great Mike, going to be a great rifle.

J. Talbert · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2019, 08:49:22 PM »

Very cool!
You're really getting creative here lately.

Jeff

Stoner creek · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2019, 09:15:17 PM »

I might have to look into the Mike Brooks “EZ Pay as you go” plan huh? You sure know how to hurt a retired fellow!
Rock on Bro!!!!

Robert Wolfe · « **Reply #8 on:** May 01, 2019, 10:07:11 PM »

Looking forward to watching this one play out. Thanks for Posting Mike.

Marcruger · « **Reply #9 on:** May 01, 2019, 10:54:44 PM »

Love the carving. Especially the lion. 🙂

Tim Crosby · « **Reply #10 on:** May 02, 2019, 12:15:10 AM »

Dang Mike, I thought what I saw at Knoxville was over the top but you have raised the bar again with this one. Can't wait to see the end result.

Tim

Craig Wilcox · « **Reply #11 on:** May 02, 2019, 02:20:13 AM »

Um, Mike? Lions don't have spots.... Leopards do.
You are churning some seriously nice work. We will put you in for a pay raise, soon.

Mike Lyons · « **Reply #12 on:** May 02, 2019, 04:25:38 AM »

You’re the parting tool wizard. That is some clean work.

alex e. · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2019, 05:15:45 AM »

I love it!

B.Barker · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2019, 05:28:21 AM »

Great looking rifle Mike. I hear those cast boxes are a pain. How was it getting everything fitted together?

BOB HILL · « **Reply #15 on:** May 02, 2019, 06:51:25 AM »

Looking good, Mike.
Bob

Chowmi · « **Reply #16 on:** May 02, 2019, 10:23:20 AM »

Looking great Mike!

You beat me to it. I was planning that rifle as my next build....
Pretty sure I won’t do as nice a job as you have!

Norm.

FALout · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2019, 12:49:49 PM »

Hope you show this off when done, would like to see it.

James Rogers · « **Reply #18 on:** May 02, 2019, 01:36:53 PM »

Mike, that rifle really turns the crank! Can't wait to see it done

David R. Pennington · « **Reply #19 on:** May 02, 2019, 02:43:19 PM »

Box? Did you fabricate it or is it a casting?

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #20 on:** May 02, 2019, 03:40:53 PM »

Quote from: B.Barker on May 02, 2019, 05:28:21 AM

Great looking rifle Mike. I hear those cast boxes are a pain. How was it getting everything fitted together?

You heard right, but it's better than fabricating from sheet. Lots of work filing the knuckles to fit and the lid to lay flat. At this time I don't have the hinge pin in it, it's soldered shut while I work on the rest of the gun. I have figured out how I want to drill the hinge pin....I have had plenty of time to think about it!

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #21 on:** May 02, 2019, 03:43:11 PM »

Quote from: Afghanvet on May 02, 2019, 04:25:38 AM

You’re the parting tool wizard. That is some clean work.

After using the parting tool exclusively for the past 35 years even I can get fairly good!

I do some stabbing on occasion too, just not so much on this particular gun.

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #22 on:** May 02, 2019, 03:44:34 PM »

Quote from: Chowmi on May 02, 2019, 10:23:20 AM

Looking great Mike!

You beat me to it. I was planning that rifle as my next build....
Pretty sure I won’t do as nice a job as you have!

Norm.

If you start now yours may be done before mine at the rate I'm going.

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #23 on:** May 02, 2019, 03:46:38 PM »

Quote from: David R. on May 02, 2019, 02:43:19 PM

Box? Did you fabricate it or is it a casting?

It's a sand casting from EK's master. These are the ones I was selling a couple weeks ago. I'll have a few more next week hopefully.

t.caster · « **Reply #24 on:** May 02, 2019, 04:27:39 PM »

Hey Mike, we'll have to start our own "Lions Club", eh? Invite EK to be our Chairman of the Board

I love it!

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Author Topic: Found out how long forever is Couple more pics of finished tang carving (Read 6945 times)