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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: archer829 on April 30, 2022, 07:01:20 PM
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After years of slow progress, my first carved rifle--inspired by JP Beck's work--is getting closer to completion. Most of the carving is done, although I still have a bit of modeling and incising to do on the tang carving.
Here's a link to my past posts about this project:
https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=69989.msg702066#msg702066 (https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=69989.msg702066#msg702066)
Anyway, here is where things sit right now. It's far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy with how things are going. Sometimes, though, it's nice to have a different perspective, so if anyone sees anything fixable that I can address before it's too late, please let me know! Thanks!
(https://i.ibb.co/N7rdh2p/D1-C694-B0-1-E9-F-45-F2-9-C79-B5306-B3-F67-C6.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HXCfvTY)
(https://i.ibb.co/Tm7v1BT/7-D3-FDD77-68-C1-409-A-AA1-C-65-F98-A0-BD409.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WgMx0W3)
(https://i.ibb.co/WBk0Pvd/517-C78-BB-AC34-4140-AC76-D3293703-CD85.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dkPtL43)
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Very pretty!
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Looks bold, looks Beck! ;)
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Your carving is beautiful and the stock looks like it will have gorgeous tiger stripes.
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Crisp and clean! Beautiful work!!
Al J.
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You’re doing an outstanding job. Thanks for sharing your progress with us.
Bob
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I've studied and done a number of Beck's, and your carving looks right on the money! Very nice!
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Yes indeed, that is fine as frog hair. ;D
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Very nicely done !
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Thanks, everyone! Hopefully I'll be able to post pictures of the finished rifle before too long!
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That looks delicious :)
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Looking forward to seeing the finished rifle.
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I’ve spent the last few months cleaning up the carving and tweaking the architecture, and I’m finally to the point of staining and varnishing. Been dreading using iron nitrate but also pretty sure it was what I’d use due to originality. It turned out pretty nicely, and the curl is incredible. Actually it detracts from the carving a bit, but I’m not too concerned about that. Now it's on to varnishing.....
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Here’s a picture of the original. It’s quite a bit redder than every other Beck I’ve seen, so I’ve decided to stick with a color that’s more like the usual Beck color:
(https://i.ibb.co/6bv15YB/C4973867-1-E50-44-DC-A82-A-D83-DFCF138-F8.jpg) (https://ibb.co/K7NLH6w)
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Remarkable likeness to the original carving, good job, congratulations!
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Terrific job with the clean carving and background.
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Looking great. Very clean.
Ken
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Very well done. Everything is crisp and your cheek piece carving is remarkable in its attribution to the original. Nice work
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Cool beans man
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Excellent....!
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Very nicely done.
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That is some clean and very well executed work. Look forward to seeing it on completion