Posts Tagged ‘Mountain Lion’

Custom Carved Thanksgiving

At this time of year, I would like to share my custom carved Thanksgiving with you.  I find myself giving thanks for everything in my life. This year is no exception. Thanksgiving for me is a special time to get together with family and friends. Share memories and catch up on what’s going on in each others lives. Then there is also the FOOD!!!! We can’t forget the food or the game on TV! Still, it is a good time to stop and reflect on what has happened on my life over the past year. I have included the link to the original blog post. Just click on the picture and it will take you to the blog post.

I want to tell everyone who viewed or commented on my web site, THANK YOU! My custom carved gun stocks have been a very rewarding part of my life. I’m sure without your support and comments, I would not ventured out to share my carvings with world. Each of you have enriched my life in so many ways. I find myself getting up in the mornings just to run in the office to see who has sent me a comment or an email. I enjoy sharing my custom carved gun stocks with you. From the actual design to the basket weave on to the hand painted art work. I have a hard time wanting to come in the house at night after carving all day in my studio on a new project. I also send my thanks to my family and friends for your encouragement and support. I’m sure I have bugged you with my designs and projects. For these reasons and many, many more I thank you! I hope each and everyone of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Please stay safe while driving. We still have Christmas and New Years to celebrate remember!

I thought I would start something new this year. I am going show all the guns I have completed each year. So bare with me while I list them all for you to view again. Each client I have carved a gun stock for this year can now show them off again. Its your turn to brag on your gun stock carving! Here you can show off your custom carved, hand painted art work I have carved for you.

Each gun has been custom carved or (custom engraving) and hand painted to bring out the detail. There is no two guns alike! All of the guns have gone up in value after being carved. Gun collectors and appraisers will tell you the gun has doubles and even triples in price. Some have grown even more in value. Still, all of the clients I have carved for this year tell me their gun will never leave their hands. They will be handed down through the generations. What a legacy they will leave for their children.

If you are thinking of having a gun custom carved for a friend, client or family member. Contact me soon. I also have gift certificates available. Gift certificates make the best gifts. The person receiving the gift certificate for the custom carving can chose what they would like on their gun stock.

Again, enjoy your Thanksgiving and remember to drive safely. We all want you around for the rest of this Holiday season and the next! Happy Carving Deb L

What Animal Would You Like Me To Carve Next?

I am asking this question of my readers. What animal would you like to see me carve next? I have custom carved, or engraved, many animals on different gun stocks over the year. I have enjoyed carving each and every one. Some of them are more challenging then others. Still, I get a tremendous satisfaction from completing each carving or engraving I do. Now, I am wondering if there is a certain animal you would like to see carved? To date I have carved elk, moose, mule deer, a mountain lion, grizzly bear, and mountain goats to mention a few.

There are lots more animals out there to be carved. Which one should it be? Help me decide by commenting below. You will be the one making this decision for me this time. So hurry and leave your choice below in the comment section. I will be adding the basket weave and something else to the forend and/or grip of the gun.

Here are a few ideas. Please do not limit your decision on just these pictures. Antelope, Black Bear, Big Horn Sheep to name a few.

I will keep a tally of requests. The highest number will decide the next carving. The decision date will be August 15th. I will post the results here on my blog. The gun will be for sell and on display at the Cross Roads of the West Gun Show in Salt Lake City, Utah, this coming September 25 & 26, 2010. I’m sure this gun will make any gun collector proud. Will that person be you?

Thanks for participating in this decision! Deb L

Gunstock Carving Gun Show

After a year of working on my gunstock carving. I am going to publicly display my work at my first gun show. I will be at the South Town Expo in Salt Lake City, UT on September 25 & 26, 2010. They are having a Crossroads of the West Gun Show there. It will be very exciting for me to display my work and meet everyone.

Also, I will be posting a schedule of events on my web site of where I will be and what I am doing at the time. Here are a few of the gunstocks I have carved that will be at the gun show.

Mountain Lion attacking Mule Deer. Mountain Goats carving. Majestic Mule Deer with basket weave.

I am working on several more that will be finished by show time. Stay tuned and check back often to see updates on the new gunstocks I am carving.

Till then! Deb

GUNSTOCK CARVING on the .243 WINCHESTER

Well the gunstock is finished!!! Hipp Hipp Hooray!!!

Hello everyone. Sorry I haven’t been posting on here for a while. The dreaded tax season is finally over for me. Now on to more important things. Gunstock carving!!! I have finished the gunstock carving on the .243 Winchester! This gunstock has multiple depths or levels of carving. The design of the pattern places the mule deer facing away from us. Making  it very unusual and challenging to carve. Not to mention the mountain lion.  

I purchased this gun knowing I would be doing some gunstock repair and refinishing. It still amazes me how well the guns turn out when they are finished. Gunstock carving or gunstock engraving, however you wish to call it. Can refurbish a gun to the point you have a hard time telling it is your own gun.

I will have pictures of the finished gun stock up soon. It’s been a very big challenge for me, and I’m glad to be finished with the main carving. I’m looking forward to hearing from everyone. Please leave me a post and tell me what you think!

Here’s hoping you will enjoy it!

Happy Hunting!

Deb

RUGER  GUNSTOCK CARVING

Update March 7, 2010: I have had a hard time finishing this gun. The burs I use have been back ordered for the past three weeks.  Pictures will be put on here either Monday or Tuesday. Thanks for waiting so patiently!

 Today I have started another gun. It is a Ruger .243 Model M77. This Ruger gunstock carving has been inspired after finding a mount from a taxidermist. It is of a mountain lion attacking a mule deer. The image that formed in my mind helped me develop this custom carving on this gunstock. (Pictures will be forth coming). To bring some of the old west into this century has been a wonderful experience. This gun has been carved and painted to show the detail even more.

Just a little history of the M77 Ruger rifles. They where first produced in 1968.

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