Beautiful! The plain wood shows off the crisp carving much better than a vividly striped stock would. Nice touches with the burl patchbox lid and the angled silver signature inlay. All the superlative adjectives available would not do justice to this rifle.
When Robert Weil started collecting images for the Contemporary Makers book in 1973 the challenge to record contemporary gun work was daunting. Gathering material was difficult and time consuming. Few makers thought that there was any value in published documentation of their work. Electronic publishing has changed all that. Having a website or having one's work available to view on the internet is becoming a necessity. In spite of all the potential to finally have a true overview of what's being produced by the artists of today, a great deal of work still remains covered up and basically unknown. Our role is to make an effort to document some portion of what’s going on today. To comment on the established makers and to uncover the unknown. We welcome your comments and suggestions and look to you our readers to make us aware of the talented makers out there. Art and Jan Riser Robert Weil and The Makers
That is indeed a true work of art!! Thank you for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteThe plain wood shows off the crisp carving much better than a vividly striped stock would. Nice touches with the burl patchbox lid and the angled silver signature inlay.
All the superlative adjectives available would not do justice to this rifle.
Jim, this a great rifle in a grand style. A very serious level of workmanship.
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Elegance of design and excellence of execution....wonderful art and tribute to the originators of the art form.
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