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Now that is an heirloom.
Thank you for sharing.
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You don't see many with Nitre Blue. It has an almost iridescent look that really works with the gold and ivory. The Marvin Huey case brings it all together beautifully.
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Turkey and deer!!!!! Love the subject matter.
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That set brings new meaning to the word “elegant”!
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I believe you've checked all the boxes with that gun and case. The animals are photo realistic and the execution of the whole package puts it into a league of its own. Beautiful!!
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That’s a stunner!
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Master engraved blued steel with Ivory and no gold would be the answer to the question as far as I'm concerned. Glad you were able to pick it up as it obviously suits your taste , enjoy !
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Jeff, just making it to an annual Symposium would be great to me. But coming home with a SPECIAL piece like that is just spectacular! I can’t count how many times I have said that blued steel and wood is the best. I know blued steel and ivory is much better! But, my goodness, blued steel, ivory, and gold is out of this world!! Thanks so much for sharing!
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OMG!
Artwork! What a canvas! What a masterpiece!
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I have now seen the Mona Lisa of Smiths. Thank You!
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I'm sorry but while gold inlay is fine for accenting details, just gold plating parts (hammer, trigger, screw heads) seems straight up tacky. To me it cheapens the overall look of the package.
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Looks good! But wonder how much of that stuff would fall off when ya started shooting it.
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I'm sorry but while gold inlay is fine for accenting details, just gold plating parts (hammer, trigger, screw heads) seems straight up tacky. To me it cheapens the overall look of the package.
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I had the same thought when I first looked at the gun by itself. And those parts would be easy enough to change out. However, when looking at the whole package, the gun in the case, those tacky gold parts just seem to fit.
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Kinda sounds like a song from Bad Company, "Silver Blue and Gold."
An absolutely beautiful piece.
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Jeff:
That gun is beautiful in your photos - BUT it is OUTSTANDING in person. Especially when you can lightly run your finger over all of the raised and sculpted gold inlays - just amazing!!!
Congrats and thanks for sharing,
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I'm sorry but while gold inlay is fine for accenting details, just gold plating parts (hammer, trigger, screw heads) seems straight up tacky. To me it cheapens the overall look of the package.
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I have been looking at Jeff's beautiful 44 Magnum over and over again and have come to the personal conclusion that on THAT gun, I like the gilded screw heads, barrel pin, sight adjustment screw, thumb release nut, gold front ramp insert, and probably even the gilded hammer and trigger, particularly when it is displayed in that Huey case. It is an amazing Blinged out 44 Magnum and in this situation it "works"... well.  
Thanks again Jeff for sharing that treasure.
On a separate note - You realize just how nice Jeff's gun is when compared against my poor-man version of a Blued Steel, Ivory and Gold 29-2. It even has the scrimshawed grips...
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WOW! Just WOW!
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You realize just how nice Jeff's gun is when compared against my poor-man version of a Blued Steel, Ivory and Gold 29-2. It even has the scrimshawed grips...
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Richard,
I would be only too happy to take that "poor-man version" off your hands any time you're willing to part with it.
Looks like a beauty to me. And you don't much care for that caliber anyway.
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I'm sorry but while gold inlay is fine for accenting details, just gold plating parts (hammer, trigger, screw heads) seems straight up tacky. To me it cheapens the overall look of the package.
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Actually, "the package" is perhaps deceiving-----which is to say it isn't really what it looks like-----nor what it was before it became what it is.
What it is, is a canvas upon which an artist, and one of damn few at that level, has chosen to display his talent---which appears to be-----words fail me.
How's prodigious sound?
Ralph Tremaine
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I have been looking at Jeff's beautiful 44 Magnum over and over again and have come to the personal conclusion that on THAT gun, I like the gilded screw heads, barrel pin, sight adjustment screw, thumb release nut, gold front ramp insert, and probably even the gilded hammer and trigger, particularly when it is displayed in that Huey case. It is an amazing Blinged out 44 Magnum and in this situation it "works"... well.
Thanks again Jeff for sharing that treasure.
On a separate note - You realize just how nice Jeff's gun is when compared against my poor-man version of a Blued Steel, Ivory and Gold 29-2. It even has the scrimshawed grips...
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Richard, having full sized Ivory Target Grips is really amazing, especially in this day and time! They are beautiful. How durable is the scrimshawing? I think being a scrimshander is a lost art.
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How durable is the scrimshawing? I think being a scrimshander is a lost art.
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Larry:
The scrimshaw is fairly light - I'm not sure how durable it is.
Unfortunately, given the regulatory ivory environment, I think that we will have fewer and fewer scrimshanders. 
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Gorgeous …I too have fallen victim to Rad29 and his spell…he just loves taking my money…but then again, he has the goods 
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I am not now, nor have I ever been, a fan of etching and gilding. That being said, I love that colour of bluing. Ivory is another whole story. A Antique ivory, that has been on the gun a long time and used such that body oils and dirt have gotten into the grain make the ivory standout, is my pot of tea.
It's a beautiful bit of art but as I have said before: I'd hate to own it because my triggers are worked, and I'd hate to scratch the blue.
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Sorry Richard, but we now have a new winner for the most possible amount of drool on my keyboard - caught me totally unaware. That is just stupendous.
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Sooo, how does it shoot?
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Jeff just so I'm clear the entire revolver is nitre blued?
I don't think I've ever seen that before and certainly not that dark. Most of the time I associate nitre with more of a "peacock" color.
It's gorgeous! Who did the actual bluing, do you know?
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Jeff just so I'm clear the entire revolver is nitre blued?
I don't think I've ever seen that before and certainly not that dark. Most of the time I associate nitre with more of a "peacock" color.
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I really can't tell you anything about the blue except I like it. Nor do I know who did the bluing. Paul Piquette would know I'm sure but I haven't contacted him about it.
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A 29-2 engraved by master engraver Paul Piquette with scrimshaw by him too.. This one completed after he left S&W.
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Jeff:
Just had to comment a little more... I love everything about that gun (except that it is calibered in one of the "other" Magnums rather than "The Original Magnum"). The sculpted inlays are particularly nice and the fine details (feathers, fur, etc...) are outstanding. The turkey seems to fly right off the front of the barrel. A few more closer up photos of the animal inlays would be much appreciated... The gold line work is also outstanding and I love the use of "open spaces" (areas that are not engraved) that allow the eye to focus on the gold inlays without being distracted by "too much" engraving.
Once again GREAT GUN!!!
Thanks for sharing,
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Richard, I'm at the mesquite farm trying to reduce the pig population a little so can't take any fresh ones but here are a few more closeups from my photo file.
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