Thanks, Bill — and thanks to Jim for taking the time to describe his process. There’s so much history to gun engraving, and having accounts of an individual engraver’s process is amazing. A time lapse record of this needs to be made.
I’m honored to have one of Jim’s works.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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