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Offline tallbear

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Rev. War Gorget
« on: January 13, 2022, 04:37:20 PM »
   There is no singular object that is more representative of the Revolutionary War than The William Knox Gorget in the Ticonderoga Collections. William had his British Officers Gorget over engraved and stamped to obliterate  the King George Cypher and replaced with the Boston Intendant Company logo.It is one of my favorite objects from that time period.My latest gorget is based on that object using only the Boston Independent Company art.At some point I will recreate the original using both cyphers and in Gilded Brass.The last image are the stamps I made out of o1 drill rod to replicate the stamps on the gorget.

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Offline Tim Crosby

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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2022, 05:18:41 PM »
 Fabulous Mitch, a real work of art.

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Offline B.Barker

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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2022, 05:38:14 PM »
Mitch, both gorgets have a lot of cool factor to them. Is the original brass or gold gild?
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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2022, 03:03:21 AM »
Hey Brian

Gorgets in the 18th Century were either sterling silver or brass with gold gilding.I have never seen a brass one that was'nt guilded.So to answer your question the original was brass with gold guilding.

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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2022, 03:56:12 AM »
Makes since. I don't think I've ever seen an original in person up close.
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Offline Dan Fruth

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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2022, 09:56:09 PM »
Nice work Mitch!
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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2022, 03:13:05 AM »
Outstanding.
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Offline Marcruger

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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2022, 07:49:52 PM »
Stunning engraving.  As usual.   :-) 
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Offline Greg Pennell

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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2022, 02:22:37 AM »
Wow!

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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2022, 02:14:50 PM »
Mitch, I love seeing your work. I was so excited to see your recent gorgets.
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Offline hawkeye

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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2022, 10:07:40 PM »
How gorgeous this is executed, I love it
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Offline G. Elsenbeck

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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2022, 10:25:03 PM »
Beautiful Mitch.  Great work of art.


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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2022, 09:05:31 PM »
Excellent work. Mitch
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Re: Rev. War Gorget
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2022, 08:33:33 AM »
Beautiful work. We had a whole bunch of these original gorgets handed down in our family from before the Revolution. They were stolen when we moved my grandmother. Heartbreaking. Nice to see such great recreations here
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