.357 Magnum Art & Function, the Fusion of S&W, Phil Quigley & Keith Brown

Truly spectacular Richard!! Your collection exudes "artistry in arms", but this is akin the Mona Lisa. The revolver itself, the engraving and the fishmouth grips. Keith must have dug really deep into his woodpile for those blanks. I hope you plan to bring it to Tulsa, I would love to drool over it in person.

All the best, Bob.
 
Richard,
I had to go get a towel to wipe up the drool off my computer!:D
Bill
 
I have to admit, Richard, that there are no words in the English language to adequately describe this gun. Simply beautiful.

I also can't believe that no one yet has offered to buy it from you. I will pledge to honor my offer, and will not back out. $500, eh? ;)
 
BRatliff said:
... Keith must have dug really deep into his woodpile for those blanks...
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Bob,

The wood origin is a very interesting story in and of itself - one of these days I'll try and share all of the details (with photos) in a separate thread...:) In a nutshell, originally these grips started out as an old rifle stock blank that I purchased for $10... :D
 
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In general, I don't care for engraving. This gun is nothing short of magnificent! Not only would I be proud to own it, I would show it off at every chance, and carry pic of it in my car!

A beautiful job by outstanding craftsmen. This is an excellent example of firearms art. Thank you for sharing the pic with us.

Dan
 
RKmesa said:
I think you may be referring to this similar pair of 8 3/8" guns (another Quigley-engraved/Brown-stocked collaboration)...



Original thread: Craftsmanship At Its Finest - The Perfect Fusion of KB Wood and Quigley Steel

I'm thinking that I will have a single gun case built for this gun, but it's still in the planning stages... I'll post some photos when it is completed.:)
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If these guns were presented for a duel, I think the combatants would be in such awe and admiration they would forget their differences and spend their time viewing the revolvers! Especially if they were gun fanciers.
 
Richard! It's a "N0-N0" to have stocks that overlap the engraving ! I also see that has happened on the cased pair. Pls get out your hacksaw and remove the tops of the offending stocks so that I can properly review all the engraving ! My sensibilities are ruffled! Mr. Quigley's work is beyond masterful, of course, as is Keith Brown's, of course. "War Plans" is an interesting panel scene. Was there any etching involved in the engraving work? Ed.
 
Wait, you mean you're not going to shoot that gun and show us some pics of the groups? KIDDING, that thing is the one of the most beautiful guns I've ever seen and just the grips are probably worth more than my car! The best part about this forum is most of us would never even see a gun like that at our local gun shows and we appreciate that you are kind enough to share your art with us.
 
opoefc said:
Richard! It's a "N0-N0" to have stocks that overlap the engraving ! I also see that has happened on the cased pair. Pls get out your hacksaw and remove the tops of the offending stocks so that I can properly review all the engraving ! My sensibilities are ruffled! Mr. Quigley's work is beyond masterful, of course, as is Keith Brown's, of course. "War Plans" is an interesting panel scene. Was there any etching involved in the engraving work? Ed.
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Ed:

What was I thinking?:eek: I almost always take photos of my guns "naked" without the grips, but on this one I had to "leave something to the imagination"... and you appear to have a pretty active imagination.;) Seriously, in looking back at the War Plans' photo session, I was so infatuated with Keith's grips that I failed to take any photos of the gun without the grips. For those of you without much imagination, I will tell you that the engraving is beautiful under the grips and both of the sides are fully covered with rich deep scroll consistent with and additive to the rest of the gun.:D

With that said, the engraving pattern was laid out by Phil with the understanding that these "fish mouth" shaped grips would be made and would cover some of the engraving. As a side note, on my wish list is a set of KB service length stocks (post war length) that would show all of the engraving (for those that don't know, it is fun playing "musical grips"). Here are a few photos with some "other"/interim grips...

With some KB Ivories:





With some Thailand eBay specials...





I think that you would agree that the KB fish mouth targets should have a permanent home on the gun...:D

In the interim, next time I have the camera out, I will take a photo or two of the naked gun with all of the engraving shown and update this thread. In addition to the sides, there is also some cool engraving around the serial number on the butt of the grip - I'll take a photo of that as well.:)

On the cased pair - sorry, but there is no engraving under the grips, just smooth bare metal... from an engraving perspective, what you see is what you get with that pair.:)
 
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OK, Richard, you have atoned for your sins. The Gods of Engraving have given you a pass this time. May the Force be with you! ED.
 
opoefc said:
OK, Richard, you have atoned for your sins. The Gods of Engraving have given you a pass this time. May the Force be with you! ED.
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Ed, the pardon is much appreciated.:) As to the use of the Force, I only hope that the next time a beautiful engraved S&W .357 comes up for auction, that I can go all Obi-Wan Kenobi, swipe my hand to the other bidders, and Force dismiss them with the immortal words "these are not the guns you're looking for...":D:D
 
A couple of quick "naked" iPhone photos so that Ed can see all of the engraving:

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... and updating the thread for a few photos of it with/in its new home...

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Occasionally there are things of beauty that call out to you to watch, look and watch some more in order to appreciate all the parts that comprise the beauty. This revolver is going to take a lot of looking. Thanks so much for sharing.
 
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