3D Scrolls on the horn
Yes, even I am happy to have these rascals coming to an end as I have other things to get done and out of this some real neat things have come about. But to say the least and then move on, all that sawing was getting on my nerves.
The 3D Scrolls were carried over to the asymmetrical horn cap, a cool pair of billet loops, and a tiny rope strap buckle. All the mountings are done in a combination of blued steel and sterling scrolls.
Its all fabrication, and time to get a project like this done, there are no boundaries on what may or may not be done it is all within the imaginative limits of the designer/maker. I happen to like the inlaid asymmetrical horncap idea, but I certainly heard from others who thought it was ……………..shall I say “heresy”. Think of it what you will, we done it and will do it again.
The two most time consuming factors here are striping the concho backings and engraving the scrolls after all is said and done. Each concho backing is of 2” diameter, beveled steel washer with about 32 stripes around each backing, that was just plain tedious. There were also a pair of matching stirrup bolts with this outfit.
It was not a matter of being a complicated pattern that I engraved on the scrolls, it was simply laying down a “NEGATIVE” cut around the inside perimeter of each backbone of the scroll. I followed this with a pair of matching bright cuts that peaked at the center over the back bone so that the spine/backbone of each scroll was very bright indeed. From that point I shaded the scrolls to get some added depth where the scrolls passed under/over each other. The only other thing I done was to give any area that was silver but not a scroll form, a hatched pattern using a #50 round graver just for the sake of adding some alternative texture.
Good night and God Bless
Jeremiah
Comments
Shared the idea of the inlaid partial horn cap and the countersunk hole/screw with some very "old school" hands and all but one of them liked the idea and were quite impressed. Some like it and some don't. They can buy what they like and leave the rest.
On another note I have been pouring through the videos [in fact..multiple times to be exact] and I noticed that Bonny Doon's Lee Marshall has retired and turned it over to the bunch in Taos... They still don't have a web site for the equipment up yet just a contact to riogrande.com.
Regards,
Ben
Posted by: Ben Cox | April 4, 2007 7:45 PM
Nice work, Jeremiah. I noticed that previous comments of mine (all positive) weren't posted...any reason? Enjoy your work--appreciate your sharing.
Posted by: Bruce Gibson | April 5, 2007 11:22 AM
Beautiful stuff Jeremiah--I think the reason my posts weren't showing up is because I was including my website. I think the spam "bots" stop you if you include your website.
Posted by: Bruce Gibson | April 12, 2007 7:37 PM
Jeremiah,
I'm soaking all this up like a dry sponge. Can't tell you how much I appreciate you sharing your hard-won knowledge, and I sure admire the work ethic.
I'd also wager there's a bunch of folks out there looking that aren't posting any comments. If I may, I'd like to invite those folks to say something so I'm not the only loudmouth on this deal.
Please speak up folks, and participate. I may not have killed for this opportunity 20-years ago, but I'd have darn sure crippled some folks. ;)
This is pure gold (silver). And very, very few (if any) artisans are willing to share it...and I don't know of any others willing to share if for free.
Posted by: Bruce Gibson | April 17, 2007 8:37 PM