It's OK for engraving

[rbaptiste]

The pigeon side plate

[SEngraver]

Good Morning Roland,
The pigeon in flight looks super, all the different shading from light grey to the black on the tail all blending beautifully.
SE

[rbaptiste]

The different grey is given by the number of cross line and dots. if you put less you have grey light and darkness if you put more and without space between.

[rbaptiste]

You can see the different grey here

[SEngraver]

HI Roland,
The two pigeons at the base of the tree have come out beautifully clear amongst the grass, leaves,flowers and mushrooms at the base of the tree yet their surroundings is in grey and shades of grey too!!
The whole scene at the base of the tree and the pigeon in flight are in similar grey and shades of grey, yet lighter in color than the stippled background in the scrolls.
Roland that is magnificent in all aspects of engraving and bulino.
Thank you very much again for taking the time !! I Appreciate.
SE

[SVD]

Roland

That looks like it's marvelously clear even when not at just the right angle. I know the traditional Bulino is pretty angle sensitive for viewing but this looks like it goes significantly deeper - even being a bit sculptural.

I have to agree with SE - you've done a tremendous job of managing the grey levels.

[rbaptiste]

Only two duck before the end...
finish now, rest thermic treatment

[Daniel Houwer]

Very nice Roland!
Do you ever get to see the piece whenn it is ready for the owner?
I mean fully stocked etc?

[rbaptiste]

Generally I never see the complete gun but for this one I have the chance to see it complete because it is for private customer and not for gunmaker.
Normally, soon I will see the finished gun and I try to take pictures but I believe it will be hard to take a good one.
It will be the end of this thread ;-)

[SEngraver]

HI Roland,

That was a super thread. Looking forward to some more.........
SE

[rbaptiste]

Last one, all is finished.
Maybe I'll made a picture of complete gun but I am not sure...
When I see I have 7333 visits for 57 answers so 128 persons who look for one who answer.
I really regret never having commentary from famous engraver forum. Thanks for the others.
All criticism can be constructive. Even for me, you can learn every day.

[rbaptiste]

all and more

[SVD]

Thanks Roland!

I've saved that sequence picture off for study.

I know in my case there wasn't much I could say along the way except "Hey, that's still looking great"

[Daniel Houwer]

Great summ up Roland!
Getting these extra pictures makes me wonder how much time gets into prepping the gun for engraving.
Did you have a lot to do before you got your design layed out? Or did the gun came transfer ready?

[SVD]

A quick note - I saw elsewhere that some people are having trouble seeing this great sequence. It's one long photo and if your browser is set to the default setting of fitting the image in the window there's no way it'll be viewable. But clicking on it should open it up. I long ago changed the setting on mine to not resize images.

[gravalance]

Hello Roland!
Merci pour toutes ces photos!!
Vraiment une belle pièce! Je me demande, si le client a regardé et suivi aussi sur ce forum, ca serait une chance unique de voir sa pièce développer comme ca :-)
J'aime spécialement le pigeon en plein vol entre les feuilles. Et le fait que tu mets les 'perles' pour mattir vraiment une à coté de l'autre et pas comme je vois souvent les unes par dessus les autres n'importe comment.
D'ailleurs comment est-ce qu'on dit 'shading' en francais?? Ca aussi c'est génial, comme d'hab.
Bonne continuation!
Hanne

[paulsph]

Chapeau, Roland I enjoyed watching the whole process a lot, very beautiful work as well as very interesting!! I must say, from viewing the first photo's where we could see 'only' the engraved lines, I loved it just like that already, even when not finished at all, your engraved lines by themselves turn the rifle into a true work of Art! My congratulations, for showing!
Greetings, Paulsph

[Gert]

Merci Roland!
Great study help, thanks. I hope I'll be able to do that one day...

[rbaptiste]

Et le fait que tu mets les 'perles' pour mattir vraiment une à coté de l'autre et pas comme je vois souvent les unes par dessus les autres n'importe comment.
D'ailleurs comment est-ce qu'on dit 'shading' en francais?? Ca aussi c'est génial, comme d'hab

Merci pour vos commentaires.
Les perles unes à côté des autres c'est justement ça qu'il faut faire ;-) aussi non je ne vois pas le but. Cette étape est appelée le perlage qui est effectué avec un perloir.
Pour le mot shading cela veut dire l'ombrage en français.

[smallcalibers]

bonjour a tous et a toutes...

je me présente, je m'appelle ferrari alain, j'ai 40 ans et j'habite dans le nord de la france. Je chasse (peu, tres peu) mais je suis surtout passionné par les armes et par le travail que réalisent certains artistes (comme roland)
Je suis l'heureux possesseur de ce magnifique travail réalisé par roland baptiste !
Je dois vous dire qu'au dela de ma satisfaction de l'énorme travail réalisé par roland baptiste, je suis vraiment heureux de lui avoir fait confiance et de l'avoir rencontré...C'est un grand monsieur, un artiste, un vrai, un pur qui a besoin qu'on lui fasse confiance...Tenter de ne rien dicter... Suggerer, regarder, ecouter est je pense, la clef de la réussite !!!
Merci encore roland pour votre talent, pour cette belle aventure et pour vos qualités humaines...
a bientôt
alain ferrari

[smallcalibers]

Hello everyone and all ...

I introduce myself, my name alain ferrari, I'm 40 years old and live in the north of France. I hunt (little, very little) but I'm particularly fascinated by weapons and by the work being done by some artists (roland)
I am the proud owner of this magnificent work done by roland Baptist!
I must say that beyond my appreciation for the tremendous work done by roland Baptist, I'm really happy for having trusted and have met ... It's a great man, an artist, true, a pure needs to be trusted ... Trying not to dictate ... Suggest, look, listen I think is the key to success!
Roland thank you again for your talent, for this great adventure and to your human qualities ...
soon
alain ferrari

[gravalance]

Congratulations! Lucky you

[Fred Marrinan]

Just an observation-When I was very new to engraving I got the McKenzie tapes and he states that because of the highly finished surfaces that when you cut it is the finished work and should require no additional sanding or finishing (other than bluing of course). I have tried to follow this advise and note that you obviously do as well (whether you ever heard it or not). I was looking at one of the Italian engravers books and noted that the cutting and relieving background left a lot of really rough surface and edges which would need a lot of clean up before shading could occur.. You could have stopped at just about anytime and the piece would have been finished I have really enjoyed this post thanks again-Fred

[rbaptiste]

Thanks for this great comment. I am happy if you are happy ;-)

[SVD]

Originally Posted by smallcalibers

Hello everyone and all ...

I introduce myself, my name alain ferrari, I'm 40 years old and live in the north of France. I hunt (little, very little) but I'm particularly fascinated by weapons and by the work being done by some artists (roland)
I am the proud owner of this magnificent work done by roland Baptist!
I must say that beyond my appreciation for the tremendous work done by roland Baptist, I'm really happy for having trusted and have met ... It's a great man, an artist, true, a pure needs to be trusted ... Trying not to dictate ... Suggest, look, listen I think is the key to success!
Roland thank you again for your talent, for this great adventure and to your human qualities ...
soon
alain ferrari

Congratulations on your fine acquisition and THANK YOU!

The thanks are both for providing the direct support of this fine artwork and for letting Roland share it with us.

As you've seen from the comments here, you did get something extremely fine.

[smallcalibers]

bonjour a tous

je suis le propriétaire du b25 présenté ci dessus ! ce b25 a, comme vous le savez, été gravé par roland baptiste !
je viens d'aller le recuperer ce week end !
Ce petit message pour vous faire part de mon émotion a la vue du travail réalisé par Monsieur Baptiste...
Je vous assure que le travail est d'une grande classe, d'une grande finesse, équilibré...Un travail abouti où on sent clairement que le graveur aime son art ! Le plaisir de créer se ressent dans sa réalisation !

merci a vous roland !
et a tres bientot pour de nouvelles aventures !!!
alain


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hello all

I am the owner of b25 presented above! the b25 has, as you know, was engraved by roland Baptist!
I just go and recover this weekend!
This little message for you to express my emotion at the sight of the work done by Mr. Baptiste ...
I assure you that the work is of great class, finesse, balanced ... An accomplished work which we feel clearly that the writer loves her art! The joy of creating is evident in its implementation!

thank you to you Roland!
and very soon for new adventures!
alain

[KMazur]

Thanks Roland.
This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
I hope to next year in the spring to be your student.

[jmj]

roland ihave just stumbled on this post .
i have been absolutely amazed at the amount of work you have put in to the gun , and the work in postingit on this forum .
all the compliments of the season to you and your family
warmest regards
john

[paulsph]

Proficiat, Roland It's a pleasure to watch the whole process, from the 'bare metal' to the fine, beautifuil 'Masterpiece'!
Kind greetings, Paulsph