carving and checkering my double barrel (20x50) howdah!

[BlackNet]

This is a kit project I have been working on for some time now.

I sent it off to Errol Case to get his world class carving magic and this is the final results:

progression:

that should go quite good with these locks.

while he has been carving it I have been working on the small metal parts.

 

[Mulebrain]

Wow :shocked2:

That is some really fine work!

 

[agill]

Nice work! :applause:

 

[BlackNet]

The stock should be here tuesday or wednesday. I will post overall shots once it's all together. I just have to blacken or blue 3 small wood screws.

I almost forgot, I did something special with the endcap.

The base plate is blackened and the cap itself is brownells oxpo-blue.

 

[Etienne Brule]

The stock should be here tuesday or wednesday. I will post overall shots once it's all together. I just have to blacken or blue 3 small wood screws.

I almost forgot, I did something special with the endcap.

The base plate is blackened and the cap itself is brownells oxpo-blue.

Hi,

WOW, you have done a great work !!

I really like the colors...

Is is just oxpo-blue ? some fire torch ?

Thanks for sharing

etienne Brule

 

[BlackNet]

The swirls in the cap is from a combo of 400 grit sandpaper, 0000 steel wool, 555 grey buffing compound and bead blasting. No heat applied anywhere, all cold process.

the base plate I just bead blasted and applied caswell's stainless steel blackener (it's a cold process, just wipe it on and your done)

Worst case would be you get it wrong and have to take it the buffer or bead blast to remove the blue

 

[BlackNet]

OK final photo's!!!!

 

[bucktales]

Beautiful! :applause: :bow:
I have a thing for Oak Leaves.
Very nice! :thumbsup:

 

[BlackNet]

 

[BlackNet]

this one may be better than the last image.

 

[bucktales]

More Betterer! :haha:
Sweet!
thanks for sharing.

 

[rabjr]

Sure is a one of a kind hand cannon ya got there. :thumbsup:

 

[BlackNet]

better?

 

[BlackNet]

This thing is a dream to shoot. the soft BOOM of the 20g side is amazing. No recoil and easy to handle, smooth on the trigger and the only bad thing I can say about it is the weight and length (length is finding a case to fit it.)

 

[silverfox]

Ed look in the classified section of this forum. Thought I saw where someone made holsters for the howda Pistol. Used a 20 ga for a pattern. They look pretty good.
Fox :thumbsup: