![]() ![]() I guess the bottom line is to use whatever makes it fun and gets the work done to your satisfaction. If I were to recommend some books the best to own among hundreds would be "Golden Age of the Kentucky Rifle" by Kindig and "Colonial Arms 1 &2 " by Shumway. If you haven't seen this site, check out, the Contemporary Longrifle Assoc., the annual show has contmporary and antiques to view,etc. But then again it depends on what the person wants to build. I think when I use the microscope the shading can get too fine for the period style of engraving. ![]() I will engrave the guns using an optivisor which helps me to limit the fineness of shading on some of the patterns. Some of that makes no diference if one would age their work to give an added feel of the time, then the cuts are filled with dirt, as I do on most of the rifles I build today. Likewise if a person wants to create in the feel of the time, but highly refine their technique, then the power assisted helps tremendously through control, speed of completion, and beat per sec. If a person today wants to recreate the heavy handed look of the unrefined maker then to me the h&c is the way to go. I find the h&c seems to be the most common tools used but with that being said, I believe that in todays world we can choose from a variety of tools. Most of the time I do the engraving on the gun and standing so I can get the fluidity of motion while making my cuts. I use mostly hammer and chisel when doing my flinters. It would be quite inappropriate if I didn't jump in on this. ![]()
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