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Offline Mike Brooks

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Blast from the past
« on: August 24, 2018, 04:10:42 PM »
Stumbled across these at the CLA show on John Schipper's table. I said "Wow, there's some cool guns". Then John said, "they should be, you made them". :P Anyway, it was great seeing some stuff from long ago. These were from my "hand forged iron period in the mid 90's. I was still boiling in bleach back then and using aquafortis.






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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2018, 05:54:57 PM »
Mike, they say the first thing to go is the memory....I can't remember what the second thing is.  :-\
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2018, 06:34:15 PM »
Very bonny work Mike. Very attractive!
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2018, 09:14:04 PM »
... The time to look over a fine Mike Brooks rifle is when you see one,... !!! ... good talking with you in Lexington, Mike,... great rifle,... !!!



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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2018, 09:38:34 PM »
Those are some cool guns.
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2018, 09:47:42 PM »
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Offline Stoner creek

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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2018, 12:39:39 AM »
A couple of handsome hairy old gents too! I’m proud to know them both!!!
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2018, 02:27:35 AM »
John shared these with his engraving class. Very cool and great to handle. He shared a handful of guns, but I kept coming back to these. Great examples for our class and though different both felt like "natural fit" to me.

Thanks for sharing, the pictures I took during the class were lost with my last phone.

Jeff
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2018, 02:38:22 AM »
I like em. Would love to see more of them IF you have anymore pics
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2018, 03:10:19 AM »
Brooks, I was looking for some inspiration for an iron box. That Iron mounted gun with the 2 piece box was all I needed to get me over the hump. Look for another with that or box or some variation of it soon.  8)
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2018, 04:20:29 PM »
Quote from: Stoner creek on August 25, 2018, 03:10:19 AM
Brooks, I was looking for some inspiration for an iron box. That Iron mounted gun with the 2 piece box was all I needed to get me over the hump. Look for another with that or box or some variation of it soon.  8)
I used to use that box style all the time back in the day. You can use just one screw in  the upper finial too.
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2018, 04:23:31 PM »
Quote from: rennikselum on August 25, 2018, 02:27:35 AM
John shared these with his engraving class. Very cool and great to handle. He shared a handful of guns, but I kept coming back to these. Great examples for our class and though different both felt like "natural fit" to me.

Thanks for sharing, the pictures I took during the class were lost with my last phone.

Jeff
I can't imagine Schippers using these as examples in his engraving class. Probably a "here's how not to do it" example..... I was quite humbled that he still has these and they aren't for sale. He must have had these for 20-25 years now.
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2018, 04:24:57 PM »
Quote from: wattlebuster on August 25, 2018, 02:38:22 AM
I like em. Would love to see more of them IF you have anymore pics

Unfortunately long before I had a camera. Back in those days I was only doing business at shows, I hadn't discovered the internet yet.
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2018, 04:28:18 PM »
If you'll allow me to brag a bit.... ::) The top one shows I could pound out a pretty mean buttplate. :) Trigger guards not so much. :-\ Once all my blacksmithing stuff was stolen I had to move on to my "guns with out hand forged mounts era. ;)
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2018, 05:43:26 PM »
  Mike I looked at both those guns. Plus your Lehigh that CCG is holding..
 They all looked mighty fine to me an it was fun meeting you..! Oldtravler
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Offline BOB HILL

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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2018, 05:27:32 PM »
Great rifles, Mike. Nice meeting all you fellows I hadn’t met earlier.
Bob
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2018, 06:07:59 PM »
Quote from: Mike Brooks on August 25, 2018, 04:28:18 PM
If you'll allow me to brag a bit.... ::) The top one shows I could pound out a pretty mean buttplate. :) Trigger guards not so much. :-\ Once all my blacksmithing stuff was stolen I had to move on to my "guns with out hand forged mounts era. ;)
                                                                                                                                                       Mike, I think the trigger guards are pretty cool, too.   What don't you like about them?                                                                                                                                                                 Dan                                                                           
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Re: Blast from the past
« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2018, 06:16:23 PM »
Quote from: Dan'l 1946 on August 29, 2018, 06:07:59 PM
Quote from: Mike Brooks on August 25, 2018, 04:28:18 PM
If you'll allow me to brag a bit.... ::) The top one shows I could pound out a pretty mean buttplate. :) Trigger guards not so much. :-\ Once all my blacksmithing stuff was stolen I had to move on to my "guns with out hand forged mounts era. ;)
                                                                                                                                                       Mike, I think the trigger guards are pretty cool, too.   What don't you like about them?                                                                                                                                                                 Dan                                                                           

 Never learned to make them well, others make my efforts forging trigger guards look pretty amateurish, which I am. If I were young again, I'd spend some time to learn to do them well. At this point my hammer swinging days are over.
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