Outstanding Griebel Engraved Colt Woodsman

[oneeyedpete]

Mr. Mesa's guns always leave me speechless! I hope someday he opens a museum!

 

[richard.r]

I'm not in to engraved pistols, but that engraving is beautifully done. It's great looking mind you, but I just can't buy a pistol use it for display only. I wouldn't chance dropping it taking it to and from it's place of rest.
Richard

 

[2152hq]

Very nicely done and a restrained effort in the style.
Note that he didn't do any shading of the details inside of the scrolls at all.
None of the leaves inside of the scrolls are shaded with extra detail cuts. They are just outline cut and left at that.
Most all of his work was done with the details (leaves, scroll lines and details, etc) hand shaded
for a 3-D effect. Some by single line cutting and cross hatch shading. Other times by use of Liner Gravers

There are some parallel shade cuts at the beginning of the main scroll lines. Placed at an angle and spaced to give the scroll(s) a little motion and twist as the start out.
He also used a Liner Graver to outline the outer edge of the main scroll lines. Not a very distinct cut. Just enough to dull the boldness of the scroll outline itself. This is a common type of cut in both German/Austrian scroll as well as some English scroll cuts.

Outside of the scroll patterns themselves, he again uses lightly cut and parallel spaced single cut lines. Up one side, around the top of the scroll pattern and back down the other side of it.
It very lightly outlines each independent scroll pattern and actually expands the pattern somewhat to the eye w/o being too bold.

 

[Doc44]

Griebel is also one of my favorite engravers. His talent is hard to measure particularly since he engraved at his kitchen table using ambient light (or so I was told by those in the know).

Bill

 

[RKmesa]

Very nicely done and a restrained effort in the style.
Note that he didn't do any shading of the details inside of the scrolls at all.
None of the leaves inside of the scrolls are shaded with extra detail cuts. They are just outline cut and left at that.
Most all of his work was done with the details (leaves, scroll lines and details, etc) hand shaded
for a 3-D effect. Some by single line cutting and cross hatch shading. Other times by use of Liner Gravers

There are some parallel shade cuts at the beginning of the main scroll lines. Placed at an angle and spaced to give the scroll(s) a little motion and twist as the start out.
He also used a Liner Graver to outline the outer edge of the main scroll lines. Not a very distinct cut. Just enough to dull the boldness of the scroll outline itself. This is a common type of cut in both German/Austrian scroll as well as some English scroll cuts.

Outside of the scroll patterns themselves, he again uses lightly cut and parallel spaced single cut lines. Up one side, around the top of the scroll pattern and back down the other side of it.
It very lightly outlines each independent scroll pattern and actually expands the pattern somewhat to the eye w/o being too bold.

Thank you Jim for your comments and expert observations and insights on Mr. Griebel's work.