Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 Everyone I can find uses lasers to engrace metal nowadays. It isn't nearly as nice as hand done work. It's not very deep and looks like it is scratched on very shallowly. Also, they can't engrave the concave inner surfaces of a pocket watch lid. Does anyone do that sort of work any more? Rachel Wells did, but she died. I can't find Kelly Laster anymore. Longline Charley Glackman did very nice work, too., but he also passed away. Are any of you talented in the trade? I'd like to keep it in The Family, so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 Search this, montana firearm hand engraver and there are several, haven't used them but most of my Montana experiences have been authentic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 (edited) Find Jim Downing or Graver Bill!! Graver Bill is his SASS alias. Real name is Billy Bates. Edited October 14 by Blackwater 53393 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Eagle Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Aspen Filly does beautiful engraving work. I think she's on here sometimes. I know she's on the new costuming forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 (edited) 20 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Find Jim Downing or Graver Bill!! Graver Bill is his SASS alias. Real name is Billy Bates. Jim Downing's alias is Scratch. https://thegunengraver.com/ Edited October 14 by Sedalia Dave 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Jim Downing is great!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Aspen Filly or Jim Downing either one can do what you’re looking for. They were both vendors at Land Run and both normally set up at EOT in Arizona, so you could work with them in person if you don’t want to mail it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 15 Author Share Posted October 15 (edited) Well, it looks like my good fortune is still working. I got a message from the one of the medical staff at the VA (A shooter and wife of a shooter, and mother of three other shooters...and not a cowboy in the lot) and was sent to a jewelry shop three blocks from my home. Their engraver does laser work, hand engraving, three kinds of power engraving, and some inlay work. Very reasonably priced and the work he's done that I got to see is wonderful. I'll take a test piece in this week and give you report. Thank for all the tips BTW, it's Afterglow Jewelers on Florentine jut around the corner north of Fry's. Stop by and we can get a cup of coffee just down the road. Edited October 16 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 I watched Aspin Filly and Jim Downing , aka Scratch , both at CAC one year Both are true artists Chickasaw Bill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Jim Downing did my Bond derringer. Excellent work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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