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Scott Brush

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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #25 on: July 03, 2008, 03:26:56 PM »
Bill Shipman was right (no surprise there), really nice!

Scott
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Offline Tim Crosby

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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #26 on: July 03, 2008, 04:03:24 PM »
 Just when you think it can't get ay better....it does. Supper job Larry.  I am looking forward to seeing it. Are you going to enter it?

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Offline t.caster

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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #27 on: July 03, 2008, 05:00:22 PM »
No, you didn't ruin it....you made it more better! Keep going! You are beginning to capturing the spirit of Fordney very nicely! Add the arcs above the scroll now!
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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #28 on: July 03, 2008, 07:24:51 PM »
Very nice. I didn't think I would like the arc's above the scroll but I do. They look better than the original.
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Offline Larry Luck

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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #29 on: July 24, 2008, 04:34:24 AM »
Here's how the carving ended up, and a couple photos of other aspects of the rifle.





Hope to see lots of you at Dixon's.
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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #30 on: July 24, 2008, 04:46:09 AM »
OK Larry! very nice!!  I think the thing that strikes me most is the architecture, especially of the wrist. I have no idea whether it is Fordney or not but it looks "right" to me....

I am sorry I won't see you at Dixon's this year......I hope you are taking this rifle to show it off!!
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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #31 on: July 24, 2008, 05:59:39 AM »
wow,looks great and i bet you can breath alittle easier now....
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Offline rich pierce

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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #32 on: July 24, 2008, 03:55:40 PM »
It's hard to beat a Fordney for that timeframe, for me- extremely well done rifle.
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karwelis

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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #33 on: July 24, 2008, 05:07:13 PM »
still looking good! good enough that i may copy some of that on my current build.

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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #34 on: July 25, 2008, 06:40:06 AM »
Hi Larry.  Thanks for posting the finished product.  It looks great!  I'll bet it shoulders well.  I like it.
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Offline Pete G.

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Re: Fordney-styled carving
« Reply #35 on: July 25, 2008, 05:28:11 PM »
It takes a lot of courage to tackle a project like this. I think that Fordney was almost in a school of his own. He was certainly not one to follow where others had gone before. I think that there is no such thing as "almost right" on a Fordney gun, since he copied no one and no one copied him; it is either completely right or completely wrong, and yours looks completely right.
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