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Offline Bill of the 45th

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Colored in incise carving
« on: November 20, 2011, 12:49:22 AM »
On today's page on the blog, while ogling the antique Lehigh, it appears that the incise behind the cheek is colored, or tinted. A very interesting feature to be sure.  Has anyone else seen this type of finishing.  Seems rather Folk Artsy.

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Offline Eric Kettenburg

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Re: Colored in incise carving
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2011, 03:10:25 AM »
Do you mean the Angstadt rifle?  I'm pretty certain that's Joseph Angstadt.  I put a bunch of pictures of that one up on my site a few years back - good luck finding them now - and there is ink staining in the carving.  Mostly black, but some of it looked like it may have been something like a burgundy(?) at one point.  Very, very cool rifle.  Funk-ay.
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Re: Colored in incise carving
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2011, 03:29:22 AM »
Years ago I had a rifle by one of the Angstadt's with incise carving. It was also colored in. I am color blind  so I didn't notice it at first. Some of the ink ? bled over in the surrounding wood a little bit. That's when I figured it out. I like some of the unusual small touches that a gunsmith adds here and there. It's a nice expression of there art.  JIM
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