Pyrography on a gun stock?

[SeaRun1]

Has anyone tried this? I have a cherry SMR stock I would like to embellish but not sure I want to try carving on it.

SR1

 

[64Springer]

Heating steel cherry red and plunging it into an otherwise beautiful cherry stock.

What could possibly go wrong.

The old adage Practice Practice Practice come to mind.

And pictures too.

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

I've always thought that Lichtenberg art would look BEAUTIFUL on a gunstock.

Which method of pyrography are you thinking?

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

I have an arquebus that has it done on it, but I don’t recall seeing anything post matchlocks that have any type of such decoration of the sort!

So, could you do it? Yes.

Should you do it? I’ll leave that up to you, but don’t try to sell it … you might end up owning it …

 

[SeaRun1]

I was going to get a kit from Amazon. Looks like a soldering iron. I was going to just have lines and some curls/curves nothing fancy.

I will find some cherry to practice on.

SR1

 

[TDM]

SMRs are historically plain, no carvings, but some did have inlays. And, most likely, someone, somewhere probably did some carvings on one too. I would say that it's your rifle, so do what you want to. But I won't say that cause it's drives @Comfortably_Numb crazy. I don't what to do that.

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Not something I would do.

 

[Whitworth]

This is a family site

 

[64Springer]

This is a family site

I read it that way too at first.

 

[windini]

Considering that firearms have been customized by (or for) owners from @Flint62Smoothie 's arquebus sighting through brass tacks through trench art to rattlecan rifles to pink ARs, I'd say the chances that someone never did are pretty slim.

For the traditionalists here, doesn't scorching wood to simulate tiger stripe figure flirt with pyrographic art?

That said, the lack of recorded examples indicates it either never caught on or that those that were done did not inspire awe...

It's your rifle, do with it as you'd like! Practice, try to make it well-proportioned and tasteful, matbe research some of the motifs of the same era as the rifle's design, and make it your own. Just be aware that one man's customization is another man's "whaaa??" and be prepared to hang on to it.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

I get that … and respect that view point.

 

[IanH]

This is funny. For the past week I've been researching and practicing woodburning with intent to do a tasteful Texas wildflower motif on my cherry Woodsrunner. Carving just won't produce what I want. I didn't mention it here because I think it would finally drive Mr. Numb the rest of his short trip to the funny farm......especially if I burned the designs and then watercolored and sealed them before staining and finishing the rest of the stock.

I really like what I have worked out but am having second thoughts since the rifle is so nice plain.

 

[Master Blaster]

From the anachronism department:

Laser engraving!

 

[BillinOregon]

Ya mean like burning designs on a gourd -- with the magnifying glass you used as a kid to fry ants?

 

[user 34300]

Maybe use stickers so no permanent damage is done?

 

[IanH]

Maybe use stickers so no permanent damage is done?

Like Mickey Mouse stickers? Good idea!

 

[BillinOregon]

Draw it on with henna. It will eventually wash off ...

 

[necchi]

@SeaRun1 , Uhm,,, doesn't look as good as ya think,,, and ya can't "un-burn" it.
looks good on art deco,,

 

[andy52]

It's not a difficult skill to master, I use in on leather goods for branding designs.

 

[longcruise]

I've been playing with it on leather. Can't say that my results are that great but then again my hand skills at anything are weak. I think a person who has carving skills would do equally well at pyrography.