Engraved Colt Single Action Army

[Tim Adlam]

A recent finished [in-the-white] project for a client.
3rd. generation SAA done in a semi-traditional style reminiscent of old factory work, plus a few twists of my own.
The grips are one-piece old ivory...[carver unknown].
The frame will receive color case-hardening, with the rest of the metal blued.
I hope to receive quality images of the final product from the finisher.

It was nice cutting throughout...with the cylinder being slightly harder, but not difficult at all.

Tim

[RBSlaughter]

Sweet... Man I would love to own one of these old Colt's one of these days.. Must be all those western's on T.V. I used to watch when I was a kid...Very nicely Done... Tasteful..Best, Rich

[Buddy Thomason]

Tim,
That's beautiful. Can't wait to see good images of the finished work. Terrific!

[rhrocker]

Tim, you're unreal! That's beautiful 1st class craftsmanship and artistry! Like Buddy, I can't wait to see the end result. Gold would have been a nice effect, but maybe a little busy for this one. I'll take it just like it is!!

[Joe Mason]

Looks great Tim. Did you remove the barrel to engrave it? Did you remove the background? Thanks for you help, hope to cut on one someday.

Joe

[ron p. nott]

hi tim .. great job on that colt. these saa are one of my favorite guns to engrave along with the 1911 i just finished an 1911 they are great to engrave a bit harder that the saa i have 4 of those on my bench to do . thanks for showing .. ron p.

[jmwoody]

Really great engraving in the classic style.

[J. Barraclough]

Very nice,Tim.
Nice design, great ballance.
Very clean and traditional job.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
John.

[MCirelli]

Very nice Tim
How about a post when the finish is on. I would like to see the case coloring with the semi relief on the frame. That should look interesting.
Mike

[Tim Adlam]

Thank you for the comments!

Yes, I do hope I receive some good clear shots of the finshed gun.
Joe, the pistol was completely disassembled and polished before I started.
The background was done with a fine bead punch.

I would have liked to accent this piece with some gold bands or framed panels, but that was not what he wanted.
My client has conservative tastes, and was adamant about this not looking like a "Pimp gun"...[his words].
It made me smile too!

Tim

[ron p. nott]

tim .. was the frame case colored before you started engraving if so did you aneal it and how .. i am working on one now with a case hardened frame and it is cutting a little hard i am using lindsays coblot chisels on it .. ron

[Tim Adlam]

Ron,

Yes this had to be annealed, stripped and polished.
The shop I work with [RGS Restorations] takes care of that for me.
Normally they'd do the proper hardening and re-case color,
but the client wanted his friend at "Smoke-'N-Guns" [Waukeegan, IL.] to put the final finish on it.
They do great work out of their shop too.

Tim

[ron p. nott]

thanks Tim for your reply .. i use to anneal the frames myself but this one i didn't , it is cutting hard but not too hard .. Ron p.

[biggles]

Hi Tim
Fantastic piece !!! Great smooth lines. I'll look forward to seeing the photos after the colour case finish has been carried out

Cheers
Andrew

[JJ Roberts]

Tim..I like the coverage...just enough. Keep up the good work.

Your truly,
JJ Roberts
School of Artistic Engraving-Manassas, VA