Carl Bleile engraving with NEW PICTURES template tool & Lindsay Artisan

[carl bleile]

It's time to give the new deep line tool and Lindsay Artisan a test drive. I sharpened the tool using both red templates so I would have a heel, did a little test cutting with hammer and chisel to make sure the tool was cutting correctly, then put the tool in the artisan, I wanted to see what the cutting range of this tool was. From digging out the background to the light shading it didn't miss a beat. It took a little getting use to because I usualy use a push tool for the medium to fine lines which takes some force but with the artisan I had to learn to guide it (big difference). The first picture shows the main cutting almost complete. The second picture has a lot of glare but I wanted to show that some background had been removed.
Carl Bleile
southwest,Ohio
PS. I will be posting how to use other templates and how the tools work.

[Tom McArdle]

Thanks for showing that Carl! I love the depth of that design. I appreciate the info on how the templates work. I'll need to add some more to my collection.

When you say deep cutting, do you mean for background and sculpting, or do you mean deep narrow lines for banknote type engraving?

Thanks!

Tom

[Daniel Houwer]

Thats awesome work Carl!

[Roger Henrichs]

Carl,
I use my Artisan probably more than my Classic on guns. Attached is a picture of a SS Ruger I did. Most of the engraving was done with the Artisan. I may have shaded with the Classic. The loading gate was a real bear to do.

[spike]

Carl your work is inspiring! Ive ordered your template set and cant wait to try out your tools.

[jetta77]

Carl, nice relief engraving, that's what I'm trying to get but it's slow going. Beutiful scrolls, nice and clean cuts, nice!
Jeff

[Roger Bleile]

Originally Posted by Roger Henrichs

Carl,
I use my Artisan probably more than my Classic on guns. Attached is a picture of a SS Ruger I did. Most of the engraving was done with the Artisan. I may have shaded with the Classic. The loading gate was a real bear to do.

RH,

Did you anneal the loading gate? I have found that those SS Ruger gates are almost unengraveable even after annealing.

Also that is a beautiful job on the Vaquero. How long did it take you to complete it?

CRB

[ELeasure]

Very nice work Carl. Very nice.

[Cassie]

Hi Carl I was introduced to your work on the cover of issue 81 of "The Engraver". The 'how he did it' article and photos are great. I hope you make that casting available to FEGA members. Your carving looks so very deep; the casting will let us see the actual physical depth. The article is very well written.
Everyone should become a FEGA member if only to get the subscription to "The Engraver"; always great reading.
Would you share with us the angles of those four tools?
Thanks for taking the time to share your creativity.

[Cassie]

Carl I'd like to add to my previous post. Your method of sharpening gravers, perhaps other tools also, is very imaginative. I come from a different backround. I'm a total novice in engraving, but I love everything about engraving.
You, Phil Coogan, Steve Lindsay and some others are inspiring and no doubt will continue to inspire a hundred years from now. I have a book in my library "Heroic Armor from the Italian Renaissance". [I hope publications of this sort continue in the age of computers] The work illustrated in this book is of the highest quality metalwork and you guys are a continuation of this tradition. My ambitions vis-a-vis engraving do not include guns (no political position here); but I love work of such high excellence. Daniel H is more in the arc of work I'd like to pursue.
To return to gravers and sharpening: I've been and still am a lapidary/goldsmith some 30 years on. I use a Raytech faceting machine. I have a second Raytech that I use for graver sharpening. It's different than most in that it has a handpiece that holds the dop, which holds the stone which can be lifted off an elevating platform for inspection. I'm adapting the quill in the handpiece to hold a graver. As do you, I like adapting things to new uses. Our best tools are those we make ourselves.
I hope to adapt what you do in guns to more personal interests. When I saw the cover of "The Engraver", I thought this is groundbreaking design/work.
Finally, the Raytech is why I'm interested in the tool angles.