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Offline yip

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ENGRAVING
« on: September 04, 2025, 07:13:55 PM »
  I'M VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING TO ENGRAVE ON MY RIFLES, IS THERE ANY ENGRAVING CHISELS ON THE MARKET?

Offline 45-110

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2025, 08:14:37 PM »
Of course there are! You obviously have internet, so did you check Rio Grande, Lindsay and others?

Offline ScottH

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2025, 09:37:45 PM »
Another source for gravers is Ron Scott, a member and contributor here.

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2025, 11:47:33 PM »
PM sent on gravers

Offline yip

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2025, 07:50:15 PM »
  RON CAN'T RETRIEVE MY P.M.

Offline Ron Scott

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2025, 12:31:44 AM »
This is the wood handles graver with steel core. Standard 90 degree angle . Extra gravers available. Email me at ronscottflintlocks@gmail.com


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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2025, 04:37:44 PM »
  RON PLEASE EMAIL ME ON THE PRIZE OF YOUR ENGRAVER       SERVICERIFLE@COMCAST.NET

Offline Ron Scott

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2025, 05:51:45 PM »
I was not able to send an email to your address as you wrote it. My message kept bouncing back as undeliverable

Offline Craig Wilcox

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2025, 06:15:03 PM »
Email address needs to be lowercase.
Craig Wilcox
We are all elated when Dame Fortune smiles at us, but remember that she is always closely followed by her daughter, Miss Fortune.

Offline yip

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2025, 07:07:28 PM »
man am i bad, its  serviceryfle@comcast.net   i screwed that up, just woke up. someone used the i in rifle so i used y

Offline Bill Raby

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2025, 07:11:25 PM »
If you want to learn to engrave you need to study engraving designs and practice drawing them. Even very complex designs usually follow a simple pattern. Once you figure out how that works, everything gets a lot easier. I think practicing the design and drawing is probably even more important than practicing the engraving.

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2025, 10:53:34 PM »
Being an engraver for over 40 yrs, people ask me what is my most important engraving tool?
  The answer is my #2 Ticonderoga pencil. The second most important is the eraser

Offline Ron Scott

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Re: ENGRAVING
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2025, 04:19:52 PM »
photos sent to email.