Posts Tagged ‘Custom Gun’

Custom Carved International Sporting Arms Gun Show

This weekend is the International Sporting Arms gun show in Las Vegas Nevada. It is being held at the Riviera Hotel. This gun show is being sponsored by the NRA. The International Sporting Arms gun show is one of the largest gun shows in the nation. The show will be held January 14th through the 16th. There will be every type of gun imaginable there. Not to mention the gun collectors. I will have some of the guns I have custom carved/engraved there.

This year I will be attending the show as a vendor. At my booth you will be able to see the custom carved/engraved gun stocks I have completed. Each gun has been custom designed and sculpted, then hand painted to enhance the detail. There will be custom carved gun stocks, display cases, wall sculptures and ivory inlays for my clients to view. The guns have many different patterns on them, such as, basket weave, sculpted leaves, and hand painted art,  to name a few. There will also be a few gun there that I have repaired.

I hope everyone will have a chance to come by and see the designs and sculptures. I look forward to meeting and visiting with each of you while you are there. See you at the gun show! Deb

Custom Carved Henry Big Boy .45LC

The third carving for December 2011 is a custom carved Henry Big Boy .45LC. This gun was commissioned by the “GS Electric” companies employees. They wanted to give a custom carved gun with the companies logo to their boss Gary Sorensen.

The “G & S” and the lightening bolt is a white composite ivory inlayed, along with the yellow which is also composite ivory inlay. I carved the white first, making it stand up higher then the rest of the gun. Then I carved the yellow flush with the gun stock. Yes, it was a challenge to not hit the white while carving the yellow.

The Gary’s signature was added and inlayed to match his company name. The date his business was opened was also included under the logo. The employees who purchased this for Gary had me add their initials to the grip of the gun. Something to remember them by.

After completing the carving and inlay. The gun did not look complete, (see the above picture). The word “Electric” did not stand out like it should. You see, at first I did not paint the letters of “Electric”. Originally the employees wanted the word “Electric” to be black along with the date the company was established and their initials. After the gun was finished, you could not see the full name of the company. So, I hand painted the letters of the word “Electric” white but made sure the paint went down deep in the gun. I did not inlay this part of the gun. I think it gives the gun the depth needed to complete the scene. The first picture at the top of this page will show you the final results.

I’m sure this gun will be hung on the wall of their business for years to come. It is a very unique one of a kind addition to any gun enthusis’ collection. Merry Christmas Gary! I hope you enjoy your gun. Deb

Custom Carved Gun Stocks

Happy New Years everyone!!! I sure hope everyone has enjoyed this holiday season. Today I have been thinking about the goals I would like to accomplish with my custom carved gun stocks this year. In doing so, it has given me a chance to looked back on the goals I have accomplished last year. It still amazes me how many goals I was accomplished. So, for this reason I am going to set goals for my custom carving even higher this year. The first one is to attend 3 major gun shows within this year.

I am scheduled to be a vendor at the upcoming Las Vegas Antique Arms Show™International Sporting Arms Show™ Invitational Knifemakers Showing™ in Las Vegas NV. The show will be held at the Riviera Hotel on January 14th thru January 16th, 2011. The show is being sponsored by the NRA (National Rifle Association). I will be there with several of the guns I have listed here on my web site. Some of the other guns being displaying have been borrowed from my customers who love to show them off. This Las Vegas Antique Arms Show™ International Sporting Arms Show™ Invitational Knifemakers Show™ should prove to be the best of the year. I am looking forward to meeting many new people.

Gun collectors and enthusis’ alike will be there. As I’m sure you know by  now, my gun stocks are all hand carved/engraved and hand painted. Each design has first been molded into clay then many practice pieces are carved/engraved before I start on the final piece. This process helps me to insure the custom carving will look exactly like it should on each gun stock. Customers who have purchased wood sculpting/carving/engraving from me in the past are simply amazed at the detail and clarity each piece has. Come to the gun show and judge for yourself. Then you can see why everyone who looks at the pictures on my web site all say “the pictures do not do justice to the art on the guns.” Wouldn’t you like to hand down your guns from generations to generation?

If you have the chance to come to the Las Vegas Antique Arms Show™International Sporting Arms Show™ Invitational Knifemakers Show™, please look me up. I would really enjoy meeting you and placing your name on my waiting. Then you will also have bragging rights and can show everyone your own custom carved gun stock.

Happy New Year to all, Deb

Custom Carved Weatherby Mark V

This is a very unique custom carved Weatherby Mark V gun stock. As you can see, this gun has been designed, custom carved, and hand painted with the beautiful “Martha Lisa” iris. This flower was developed by the owners in-laws and named after the owners wife. I have always wanted to carve flowers on a gun. Now I have and it has turned out as beautiful as I had hoped it would. I have carved the Iris along with oak leaves. The forend and grip of this gun already had oak leaves laser cut into the gun. The owner wanted me to carry this theme to the rest of the gun. This gun will be used on the upcoming deer hunt scheduled for this weekend and next. Gun collectors and enthusiast’s will be very envious of this gun. The value has increased to over double the guns value after having this gun stock custom carved. This gun will be hung in a place of honor, after the last deer hunt that is. I’m sure this gun will be handed down from generation to generation.

Good luck on the hunt!!! I’m sure you will get a big one!

Recently I posted a blog with the history of this gun. If you missed this post, you can read it again. Here is the link for the history on this gun.  Link for the Weatherby Mark V history: http://deblindsaystudios.com/custom-carved-weatherby-mark-v/

Your comments are greatly appreciated. You may leave them below. Thanks for visiting my blog page and for checking out my other web pages. Have a GREAT Thanksgiving holiday! Deb

Custom Carved Savage 308

Just finished, a custom carved Savage 308 rifle. This is a Christmas present for a friends wife. I have carved the Hawaiian flower (Hibiscus) with an Alaskan moose. I have also included the basket weave on the forend and grip of this gun stock. I have added accents to the grip (moose horn) and forend (Hibiscus flower). All of the custom carved art work is hand painted to enhance the detail. If this gun was appraised today it would appraise for $3700.00. Gun collectors would give their eye to have this gun in their collection. I’m sure this gun will be handed down from mother to daughter.

This gun has been discontinued years ago. I have included the history of the Savage arms rifle Model 99F. I hope you enjoy reading about this gun.  

History

The Savage 99 was preceeded by the Savage 1895, which was the first hammerless lever-action rifle produced. Read the rest of this entry »

Custom Carved Wells Fargo Stagecoach Shotgun

I recently was asked to show the process of carving a gun stock. Below is pictures of how this is accomplished. I have custom carved this W. W. GreenerShotgun replica last December. This was a Christmas gift for her husband. You can read the history of this gun as well as the history of the manufacturer by going to the following link: http://deblindsaystudios.com/carved-greener-shotgun/ or this one: http://deblindsaystudios.com/w-w-greener-shotgun/,

For your information, I have not included the clay mold or the many many practice pieces I did before carving this gun. I believe I carved twelve samples before I liked what I came up with. This is the final process of how I custom carved a gun stock.

After I have found my subject, designed the pattern, developed it in clay then carved twelve practice models of this pattern. I finally was ready to put the pattern onto the gun stock. This photo shows one of the ways I put a pattern on the gun. I first cover the entire gun to protect it from any unforeseen problems. Then put the pattern I intend on carving on the gun. I then carve the pattern into the gun stock.

This picture shows how the pattern is carved into the gun stock, the background being removed and the shaping of each character.

 This photo shows the detail that has been carved into the gun stock. This is the last step before sealing the gun stock back up and hand painting the gun.

Here is the completed gun stock. I have custom carved the stagecoach into the butt of the gun then hand painted the design to bring out even more detail.

This is another picture of the completed gun stock showing how the design fits on the gun.

This is the full view of the gun  with the Wells Fargo Stagecoach. This gun belonged to a Great Great Great grandson of a gunmen that worked for Wells Fargo Stage Lines. He told me the family story of his great great great grandfather and how he worked for them all those years ago. This is why his wife asked me to carve this scene onto this gun for his Christmas present.

I did not carve the basket weave or anything else onto this gun. I felt it would have detracted from the original design of the gun. This gun is one of the only coach guns made in the United States. I hope you have enjoyed seeing how I design, carve and paint my clients guns. I’m sure each will be handed down from generations to generations. They are one of a kind works of art. I strive hard to make sure I do not make two guns alike.

I look forward to carving a custom design for you. Please contact me so we can begin working on your gun! Happy Carving!!!! Deb

History of W. W. Greener

Here is the history of W. W. Greener. The man and the history behind the legend.  Read the rest of this entry »

Custom Carved – Las Vegas Gun Show

January 14 through 16, 2011, there will be the largest gun show held in Las Vegas, NV. This will be the next gun show I will be attending. This gun show is at the Riviera Hotel & Casino. The show is called the International Sporting Arms Show. This gun show is also sponsored by the NRA. I have put a link here for anyone who would like to know more about the gun show.

International Sproting Arm Show

I will have a few new custom carved guns on display. There are many of my guns that are for sale. Many of the guns have the basket weave design. As well as, some very unique patterns on the forend and grip. All of the guns are custom carved with one of a kind designs and are hand painted. Gun collectors world wide will enjoy adding these unique pieces of art to their collections. Not to mention the other ways in which you can have your own gun custom carved or engraved. Why not tell a story to hand down to your children? Or you can have a custom carving of a scene from one of your favorite hunting trips. What about your company’s logo for that special customer or top sales representative? All are possible to have custom carved on your gun stock. Give me a call so we can discuss what you would like on your gun stock.

I look forward to meeting you at the upcoming gun show. Please stop by the booth while you are there. Also, I enjoy hearing from you. Your comments are greatly welcome. Please feel free to leave yours below. Happy Hunting! Deb

Custom Carved Weatherby Mark V

Custom carved weatherby mark V gun will be an interesting project. I have been asked to carve an Iris flower on this gun along with the official name of the flower, the “Martha Lisa” iris. This customer has asked me to create this beautiful memory for him to display and be handed down from generation to generation.  I will be inlaying then name in ivory. This gun already has a beautiful design on the grip and forend. You will have to check back later to see what else I have added to this gun. I believe you will be pleasantly surprised. I will also be hand painting the art work as well.  Gun collectors around the nation will love this gun.

Your comments are grately appreciated. Please feel free to leave them below. Thanks for stopping by my web site. I look forward to creating something very unique for you. Deb

Gun History

Here is some history of the Weatherby Mark V gun. Read the rest of this entry »

Custom Carved Stage Coach Gun

I’ve started another gun stock. This gun is a custom carved stage coach gun shotgun. The last coach gun I carved was such a great success, I decided to carve another one. This gun will be carved/engraved with an abandoned stage coach. It is to symbolize how we are loosing our western heritage. I would like to be able to save our history in some way. This is my attempt at saving and sharing some of this history.

Here is a little information about this gun.

The gun stock will be custom carved and hand painted. This gun will not have a basket weave.  The forend of this gun is to narrow to support the pattern. This gun will make a great addition to the Wells Fargo Stagecoach collection. I look forward to showing you the finished project. Your comments are greatly appreciated. Feel free to respond to this post below.

Custom Carved Gun Show

Here are a few of the guns that will be at the custom carved gun show!!!! At least that is what I am calling it. LOL I am scheduled to attend the Crossroads of the West Gun Show this coming weekend. I hope to see a lot of you at the show. I will have many of the guns shown here on my web site at the show. Many of these guns are for sale. I will also be taking orders for Christmas, birthdays, special occasions, graduations, or to create something very unique for you or your company. All of my guns have been custom designed, carved, and hand painted by me. They will make a very unique addition as well as a very valuable addition to any gun collectors collection.

The show will be held at the South Town Expo center in Salt Lake City, UT. Dates are, September 25 & 26, 2010. If there is a particular gun you have had your eye on. Please email me fast and make arrangements to purchase the gun before the show. I do look forward to custom carving a gun stock for you and visiting with you at the gun show. Happy Carving!!!! Deb Lindsay