nice little blunderbuss

[szihn]

Here's one of my projects.

It was a fun one to make. Good walnut. It has a handmade spring loaded bayonet. (Not very practical any more, but sure fun to play with. I guess you could roast marshmallows with it. )

It's got a lot of silver wire on both sides of the buttstock, and some nice carving too
Hope you guys enjoy looking at it.

 

[hawkeye1755]

Great Work Steve :bow:
As is said before:It's always a pleasure to see a timeless masterpiece.
The walnut looks so 'alive'?
:hatsoff:

 

[Roy]

Show off :rotf: Great work Steve. :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

 

[Larry Pletcher]

Great looking piece. I'm especially drawn to the wire inlay.
Regards,
Pletch

 

[F.G. Ford]

Steve!
THAT is fine looking work!
The wire inlay is very stiking

Best Regards

Old Ford

 

[szihn]

Thanks you guys.

I'd hoped you'd enjoy the pics.

 

[Blizzard of '93]

You could just about charge admission to view that gun, would like better view of muzzle.
:bow:

 

[benvenuto]

excellent! :hatsoff:

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Great looking piece, fine workmanship.

I can just visualize that coach gun in a Caddie, with some perp looking down the barrel and being asked, you are going to car jack what? :winking:

 

[rabjr]

Very nice :applause:

 

[Will Bison]

Steve;

Is this the same gun you sent me pics of a few Months ago?

Bill

 

[szihn]

Well howdy Bill
How's life? Did you ever get setteled?
I don't know if I sent you pics of this gun or not. I can't remember. Memory is the 2nd thing to go ya know.
(I forgot the first)

How's the old gang? I may be up your way in the next month or so.
give me a call sometime.
:hatsoff:

 

[flintlockmdj]

No offence but what is the dark rat tail looking thing coming off the breechplug?

 

[the priest]

I'd guess you'd call that a bayonet release :hmm:

 

[szihn]

Yup,
The "ducktail" is the bayonet catch.
You pull it back like a trigger, and the bayonet springs open.

 

[Rebel]

Boy two tickets in one, a sawed off and a Switch blade. :grin:

 

[Blivetmaker]

Beeeeeautiful Job!!!!
I must however vehemently disagree with your asessment of the bayonet's practicality.

Just wait 'til the next vacuum cleaner salesman shows up at the door. Show him the 'buss and explain to him in a friendly tone that you have a perfectly good one that's been in the family for generations! Activate the the bayonet
"Kerchingg!" and ask him if his has a built in harpoon gadget for the stuff that's to big for the tube. When he turns pale tell him he shouldn't feel bad about it and encourage him to make a suggestion to his Product improvement department. :grin: :hatsoff:

 

[renovato]

Wow, you had a nice piece of walnut to work with alright. I especially like the wirework.

How do you fill the grain? That's been one of my sticking points in working with walnut. I've had good luck wet sanding with finish and letting the sanding dust do the filling, but on stained wood, it always causes problems.

 

[szihn]

Hummmmmmm
You may be onto something there.................

 

[szihn]

Well Plink, the greatest "secret" to getting the grain filled is to have very little to fill. In other words, use very dence and hard wood.
I do wet sand walnut finishes all the way down to 600 grit, but with maple it's just a matter of using the right wood.

I use tung oil based finish on both walnut and maple, and I finish my maple down to 400 grit when I am working it. I stain with alcohol based stains so they don't raise the grain, but I also wet and whisker my maple about 5 times before it's stained so there is not much grain to raise by the time the stain touches it.
Here's some close ups of maple stocks I made. Look carefully at the finish and the carving, and you will see no open pours. It's not that I filled them up. It's that there aren't any big ones to fill.