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Offline Ed Wenger

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #25 on: July 12, 2008, 09:15:25 PM »
All of the above...  Incredable!   Thanks for the continued inspiration...

Ed
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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #26 on: July 12, 2008, 09:35:45 PM »
That may be my favorite one yet and I'm a huge fan of all your work!  Stunning!
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« Reply #27 on: July 12, 2008, 10:30:20 PM »
To my eyes, that is STUNNING!  Verrrry nice....
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Offline Robert Wolfe

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2008, 12:40:48 AM »
Holy Cow!
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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #29 on: July 13, 2008, 02:37:57 AM »
Absolutely beautiful Bill. Hope to see it at the CLA show.
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Offline PIKELAKE

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #30 on: July 13, 2008, 02:58:15 AM »
I really don't understand why everyone gets so excited when Mr. Shipman posts  pictures of  a work of art, He does it all the time. I could just cry.
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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #31 on: July 13, 2008, 07:17:24 AM »
Bill that's beautiful, but expected after seeing some of your other work. Love your crisp carving, especially the tang carving.
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Offline B Shipman

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #32 on: July 13, 2008, 07:21:58 AM »
Thanks for all the kind coments. The T.G.is from the "brass barreled rifle". I got it from Bob Emig. He's usually at Dixons and the CLA Show.
Permalyn varnish finish.
The patchbox is from a rifle by Jacob Metzger that I've used often except I switched the 4 peteled flower at the head for the Indian.
Hopefully I'll be able to keep it for Dixon's and the CLA show. Hope to see everyone there.

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Offline Ezra

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #33 on: July 13, 2008, 07:40:34 AM »
Do you perhaps mean Brad Emig? 


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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #34 on: July 13, 2008, 07:52:05 AM »
Correct.
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Offline G-Man

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #35 on: July 13, 2008, 02:58:52 PM »
Bill - that is an amazing piece.  It looks like what it should, without being an exact copy of any one piece; is executed perfectly, and has enough of your soul as an artist to give it that extra "something" that makes it so unique and stand as folk art.  I have really especially liked your Ferree style gun and this gun.

Artists have this knack for taking elements, seen through their eyes, and incorporating them and interpreting them into a product by their hands, that can convey the soul of the original pieces better than an exact copy.

Wow!

By the way - if you've ever done a rifle based on that Metzger gun (the early one in Kindig?), I'd love to see it - I've always admired that gun.

Guy
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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #36 on: July 13, 2008, 04:26:13 PM »
OK you guys, knock it off.  If you keep this up, he won't make it to Dixon't, he won't be able to get his head in the car.
You don't realize it's just another "hohum" gun from Bill.  I must admit, he sure does come up with some great ideas on
guns.  Bill, since I can't make it to Dixon's, maybe you'll still have it at the CLA show?......Don
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Offline AMartin

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #37 on: July 13, 2008, 07:01:49 PM »
WOW !!!! See you in the few days ..... at the fair !!!!

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« Reply #38 on: July 14, 2008, 03:15:08 AM »
Man that's a fine rifle, you ought to post pictures of that on ALR

Hope you do still have that one at Dixon's, I'd love to see it
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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #39 on: July 14, 2008, 03:39:56 AM »
Quote from: AMartin on July 13, 2008, 07:01:49 PM
WOW !!!!

That about sums it up lol.  Great craftsmanship...
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J Shingler

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« Reply #40 on: July 14, 2008, 05:08:55 AM »
Just a remarkable piece, Bill. I agree with all the above.  I too really like that trigger guard. .. Well Done hope to see it at Dixons!
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« Reply #41 on: July 14, 2008, 05:22:47 AM »
Bill,I wanted to say really great pictures as well. Am I looking at this correctly you took these with a point and shoot? If so wow ! I think I may junk my expensive SLR.... LOL
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Offline ChipK

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #42 on: July 14, 2008, 06:24:00 AM »
What a magnificent use of darker coloring to highlight the carving and stock lines.  Super job.
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Offline kentucky bucky

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #43 on: July 14, 2008, 06:31:51 AM »
  Gee, Thanks for making me feel even more inept!

                                                                                   Fantastic gun though!
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Offline Clark Badgett

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #44 on: July 14, 2008, 06:42:27 AM »
Wow, that's a real beauty. Really like the Indian motif on the patchbox.
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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #45 on: July 14, 2008, 03:56:19 PM »
What else can one say?  I am stunned by the workmanship and architecture of every Shipman gun I have seen pictured--I just wish I could see one in person some day.  PA surely can say it is still the home of the long rifle, with the likes of Shipman, Martin, Kettenberg, Dodd and many other fine modren makers.  I often wish I still lived in PA, where I grew up, but life has taken me elsewhere....
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Offline Ezra

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #46 on: July 14, 2008, 07:16:16 PM »
I just ordered one of those neato trigger guards from Brad Emig.  ;D  He casts them himself.  $45 + shipping.  (717) 757-5841.


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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #47 on: July 14, 2008, 07:55:29 PM »
I never tire of examining Bill's rifles! Gentlemen...we are in the presence of excellence in the art of gunbuilding! Thanks for posting another inspiration!
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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #48 on: July 15, 2008, 02:07:38 AM »
Bill,
Your rifle is quite a piece of work.  Very nice.
Rifle builder and part time dentist?  I've shown your work to my dentist.  He appreciates the detail.
See you at Dixon's, God willing.
Larry Luck
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Offline Jim Kibler

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Re: VA rifle
« Reply #49 on: July 15, 2008, 02:34:02 AM »
Real nice Bill...  To my eye, the tang carving is the highlight.  Looks great.

-Jim
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