Hand Engraving the FEGA Colt 1911- Ep 3 More Raised Gold Inlay Basics

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5 жыл бұрын

In this third episode of the FEGA Colt 1911
project I'll show you how to install raised gold inlay leaves on a steel pistol slide.
The FEGA/Colt 1911 Will be auctioned at the Firearm Engravers Guild of America show in Las Vegas at the Westgate Casino on Jan 26 at our annual banquet. You can find ticket info on the FEGA website.
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@creedakanugget4018 5 жыл бұрын

I don't even engrave I just find your skills and art very interesting and enjoyable to watch I've always found engraving amazing

@opendstudio7141 5 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful ,inspiring and never boring to watch craftsmanship and mastery of the art form. The end results is fit for a king.

@johnjames77 3 жыл бұрын

I have been watching gunsmiths ply their skills all week and realize that is another skill that is beyond my range. I am going to watch how beds are made next week and maybe I can become a tester.

@kurtkrause7151 7 ай бұрын

Really inspiring demonstration. Inheritance-Engraver. 👍✨️

@danielcollier1448 5 жыл бұрын

YEAHYA!!!! Sooooo stoked for a new video of yours!!!!

@deazyner1 5 жыл бұрын

Layne- thanks for taking the time to create these videos. While there is quite a bit of info out there on inlays, it is very helpful to see detailed video demonstrating the process. Much appreciated

@TheLoxxxton 5 жыл бұрын

Mesmerising!

@YousAHunter 7 ай бұрын

watching the videos on this gun probably 10 times now learn something new every time

@fistpump5485 5 жыл бұрын

honestly, videos like this is all we need. Those classes help, but most forget most of it once they get home. Plus, learning the basics is really all that can be taught. We build from there on our own. Thank you for this. Nothing worse than spending 80 bucks for a short video on something we could figure out once we put time in under the graver.

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

Fist Pump while I do make videos I also tell people that you can’t learn Hand Engraving from KZfaq. There is so much more that goes into this art form that can’t be passed on in a 20 min video. These will help those who are already getting some form of formal instruction. A good mentor can help you cut years off the learning curve.

@fistpump5485 5 жыл бұрын

@@MasterEngraverTV I agree. This is really helpful for folks in my shoes with couple years experience. I had Brian Marshall for a 3 day course in the beginning but the only thing i took from it was how to properly hold the engraver and get a jist of how to cut.

@savestheday258 4 жыл бұрын

@@fistpump5485 another thing is the more you learn the more you see.... When I go back and refer to some engraving technique I learned in the beginning of my career I always see things I didn't the first time. Or I always have a better and different understanding of how and why something is done. Tough to explain. I'd bet that if you took that same class with Brian again now you'd come out with new ideas and a better understanding of certain things. And it's those details that begin to take you to the next level.

@fistpump5485 4 жыл бұрын

@@savestheday258 theres no way I would spend 600 bucks on another class with him... Im sure if i found a proper instructor. But Brian ruined it for me. I have the basics.. I know most of the stuff I need to know could be researched on youtube or I can get the proper instruction from Steve Lindsay. I helps for free.

@savestheday258 4 жыл бұрын

@@fistpump5485 ah that's sad to hear you didn't have a good experience with Brian's class. Never fun to spend money on something you weren't happy with. Aside from that though I only meant that even going back and watching tutorials from the past that I've already learned, I always pick up on something I hadn't before. And sometimes there's things I've learned or READ that click the 2nd and 3rd time around. I always though oh I'll buy this tutorial on DVD so I can resell it later if I need. But I don't plan on doing that anymore because I feel they are still valuable if I open my eyes and pay attention. That's just me though. 💭

@danieltingstad857 Жыл бұрын

great videos - wish i found these years ago

@kendavis8046 5 жыл бұрын

I'm unlikely to ever engrave anything, but I've been watching your stuff since you helped out Alec Steele, and fwiw, I am looking forward to seeing the finished 1911. Very nice handgun, and you are doing a beautiful job on it. It is always a joy to watch a person who is a master at their craft/art. Thumbs up, and looking forward to the next one.

@sinlokemp 5 жыл бұрын

Simply brilliant and beautiful

@deant1986 5 жыл бұрын

Looks easy, showcases how well you have mastered the art of engraving.

@TheGamer-ux2lr 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship with us. Merry Christmas.

@LcaGud 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing finish just AMAZING!!!

@duesing6 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos, really helps.

@davepelfrey3958 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful work. I watched this episode and I was hooked.

@iaininchley9334 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating series of videos, thanks for making them!

@featherman51 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the wonderful video! What talent!!!

@chiparooo 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice! Great video production value too. Looking forward to more of the fundamental videos you teased. Thanks for sharing!

@marcooliveira9335 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@soichoselight 5 жыл бұрын

You have sparked an interest in me and for that I truly thank you! Phenomenal work Sir, it’s without a doubt an art form. Thanks for sharing it with us.

@elgallodecente1472 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Master !!!!

@elijahowens8507 5 жыл бұрын

I just watched all your videos engraving the gun and am fascinated! Really makes me wanna start engraving. Thanks for the videos and good job! 👍

@phillipslocum4158 5 жыл бұрын

Love the video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and time. Merry Christmas.

@SmallShopWorks 4 жыл бұрын

Great videos! Working through all of them. I would love to watch anything you put out! Thanks so much!

@randyjones6138 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your time and instruction it was very useful. I learned some things I was not doing and needed to do to get my gold to adhere to the steel. Thanks again.

@stephanw0lf899 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the wonderful videos! You’re the best!

@trungphuongnguyen1584 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the wonderful videos.

@chichcnc 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. Fantastic. Thank SO much for sharing.

@gergertgarage836 Жыл бұрын

Hello.Thank you for your work. Greetings from Siberia.

@josephlovell6951 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing just a snippet of what's in your mind. Its incredible to you work. Give me a hole new appreciation for the trade. God bless you and your this holiday season..

@feildcar4578 2 жыл бұрын

Gold will cold weld at room temperature if enough pressure is added to it I think that's what happens when the wire is butted up next to each other.. either way I wish I had this level of knowledge and technique that you have.. many years of practice.

@danielgomescutelariaartesa849 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@Hooknbookit 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work!

@robertohlemann7910 5 жыл бұрын

Loving the videos Layne!

@rparker2824 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting again.

@tedbundy8087 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work friend

@21Freeone 5 жыл бұрын

Great work! Thank you for sharing youre knowledge!!!

@featherman51 7 ай бұрын

Love your videos! Beautiful! Thanks

@onet6143 4 жыл бұрын

More videos please! Love them !

@thatnewjoint 5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me a lot of the Damascene technique. Though a little different, but the same concept of "velcro" for metal. Great instructional video.

@charleygrossnicklaus4278 3 жыл бұрын

awesome skills thank you for sharing

@ROBLOXBronoscopeSavage 4 жыл бұрын

Wow , beautiful , your a great artist ...

@bobhaehn5470 5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding!

@dabforge5731 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I have so much to learn

@AngelSilverFourtySeven 2 жыл бұрын

Great work 👌🏽👍🏼… hope you continue to make more video like this one …

@The_Paya 5 жыл бұрын

Thank *you* for sharing.

@rjd72577 5 жыл бұрын

Just great work ..merry Christmas..

@ubelblatt285 5 жыл бұрын

i m so envious!

@kevincolwell9575 5 жыл бұрын

thank you very much!

@135396 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing workmanship, I always have had a fascination with engraving, one of my relatives is a FEGA Master Engraver (Aaron "Duke" Pursley). My father has a knife made by him I hope he passes on to me.

@johnkennedyswenja 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool, you rock.

@mbenjamin292 4 жыл бұрын

I hope you make a bunch of vids thanks.

@paulghostt792 4 жыл бұрын

You sir are a ture master

@charlesakraftjr 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome ty

@olivernavarro6237 3 жыл бұрын

Nice man

@marcussmart3275 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha some of these comments. I love learning this. Just getting into it, it's fascinating. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!

@silvinaaguilar8913 7 ай бұрын

Thanks to You!!!!!!!! Muchas Gracias!!!!!!!

@terryhalsteadgamer 5 жыл бұрын

About to start a new job in a jewelers workshop. This is what i hope to bring to the company's future.

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

Tez just remember that you must have a Federal Firearms License to take in a gun for engraving. Not worth risking a federal offense.

@terryhalsteadgamer 5 жыл бұрын

@@MasterEngraverTV very true. However I just meant engraving in general. But thanks for the heads up as well. Love your work my friend.

@stubbybutt8839 5 жыл бұрын

Really love your work. Saving up to get you to do a 1911 with an Australian coat of arms and a NSW flour (waratarh) gold inlay naturall, with scroll work. Happy to pay double so you can go above and beyond and deliver a one off master peace.

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Atkins sounds like a fun project!

@pjmillah2172 4 жыл бұрын

Again, thank you for these videos and sharing your amazing talent! I've made most of my own tools now and they are working amazing. Thank you so much! I do have one question, what type of toolbar you making for burnishing?

@dr.feelgood2358 4 жыл бұрын

ok i'm ready to start carving up granddad's prized 1911! unfortunately all i have is a rusty nail and the backside of an old hatchet, but i think i can handle it. just kidding of course. your videos are very informative and interesting to watch, and i see why engraving is so expensive.

@godchaiser 2 жыл бұрын

fantabulous work! Where do we get the gold wire? I am definitely going to do this. Thank you for your wonderful videos!

@danwolf307 5 жыл бұрын

My dad always said " a true master makes his craft look too easy". Obviously you pass sir! Great video

@paulmace7910 5 жыл бұрын

Layne...does the stippling have enough tooth to hold the gold down much or is it more the undercut doing the work? I really like the idea of doing the outline before setting the gold. Nice work.

@sbntony8357 3 жыл бұрын

❤️👍 Amazing Beautiful ART 👌 Work 👍 This Skill it's A God 🙏 Gift for Sure 👌❤️

@christofer8954 5 жыл бұрын

What gauge is that? Great work

@amirdiauddin8877 5 жыл бұрын

Long time no see

@evilbetty9204 3 жыл бұрын

I understand that GRS equipment is the some of the best. But that being said is there a powered honer for my gravers that is entry level. 450$ just for the honing wheel?

@drissbernossi137 4 жыл бұрын

Please how long this masterpiece inlay takes. How much is the price of its studs only, without counting the price of the weapon. Thank you very much, Professor

@samlee2944 3 жыл бұрын

hello, can I substitute gold for copper when practicing inlays? Thank you!

@featherman51 8 ай бұрын

Can you give me the best source to buy the gold wire and the specs of the wire you use? Thank You! Dave

@wetdewlap8741 2 жыл бұрын

You don’t have to put any size down before the gold is laid?

@trapjaw7253 4 жыл бұрын

Would any of these techniques work on carbon steel knives, I ask only because I dont know what the composition of gun steel is .

@778marinaarmadademexicogar7 5 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍

@nickadkins7765 2 жыл бұрын

Do you still engrave??? I want my Colt 1911 engraved and plated!

@UptheArsenal 4 жыл бұрын

What did you use to cut your layout lines?

@hindsight2022 3 жыл бұрын

Is that just ink in the stipple portion ? How is it so black ?

@elgallodecente1472 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for answering me master, another cuestion, How do you do to weld or stick the gold in the steel?????

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

El gallo decente the process is too long to describe to you. That’s why I made this video that explains how it’s done.

@elgallodecente1472 5 жыл бұрын

Master Engraver TV thank’s Master, the problem is that i do not speak english, excuse me master, thank’s again and congratulations your work, its amazing !!!

@wiliambanquiter8039 5 жыл бұрын

@@elgallodecente1472 el pone el oro en una superficie aspera y el corta un canal bajo alrededor del borde Sorry if thats a bad translation buena suerte!

@pjmillah2172 4 жыл бұрын

On a side not I do understand that it not possible to acquire master level skills in a twenty minute video. In my area there is nobody to earn this craft from. I do appreciate your videos and I'm interested in any training material that you have.

@armourandre7 3 жыл бұрын

It looks like the gold is being melted, if not melted how is it being smoothed out

@samiam7 5 жыл бұрын

I would love to see some of your more unique designs especially animals. Also think it would be amazing to see a design with all the ornate scrollwork and leaves etc with a Bigfoot in it

@samiam7 5 жыл бұрын

I meant to add what an amazing artist I think you are 👍

@xpainx5185 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your knowledge sir. Only 24 k gold? 22 k will be ok? it could have more variety of colors that can be used for more interesting designs.

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

If you look at the photo of the top of the slide you'll see 3 different colors of gold in the inlay of the FEGA Shield. Less than 22k becomes hard to inlay

@778marinaarmadademexicogar7 5 жыл бұрын

How Mach !?????

@liamryan3419 5 жыл бұрын

Post scriptum, I like to think that a couple of the bills I have in my pocket as my father's hand on it.

@bevoiain 5 жыл бұрын

I’m here because of @alecsteele

@andresmb3757 3 жыл бұрын

👍👏👏👏👏👏

@elgallodecente1472 5 жыл бұрын

Master, it is bronze the metal added in the lines???

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

El gallo decente it’s pure gold. That’s why it’s titled raised gold inlay.

@marcosduran1443 4 жыл бұрын

can you do this with copper ?im using copper wire. 🤔

@gordythecreator 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah you can. Any metal should work. Copper is a little harder, so maybe requiring a deeper trap.

@Quecke_the_engraver 5 жыл бұрын

The hammer and stipple tool. Is that the same as your engraver?

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

Richard C. Quecke I use a GRS GraverMax. All gravers, stipple tools and hammering tools are ones that I shape and insert into quick change collets that fit the GRS handpiece.

@Quecke_the_engraver 5 жыл бұрын

@@MasterEngraverTV ahhh, i thought so but wasnt 100%. Thank you very much. I've been a tattooer since 02'. And our jobs have alot of parallels. I really enjoy what you do.

@xclavo3 5 жыл бұрын

Do you recommend any good sites on engraving guns and steel?

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

Ese Clavo the Engravers Cafe is a great resource. Just be aware it’s populated mostly by professional engravers. Use the search feature when you can. Consider joining the guild. More info st www.fega.com Also be aware of federal laws regarding gun engraving. Visit the BATF website to read the Federal Firearms License requirements. You’ll need an FFL to legally engrave guns.

@liamryan3419 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a airbrusher and glass etcher and I do pretty detailed work not like yours but my father was an engraver for the government and never told me what he did because apparently it was against the law to tell me what he did but on his DD-214 lists occupation as engraver I kick myself now for not learning more about it

@liamryan3419 5 жыл бұрын

He passed in his mid-90s and like the gentleman and Men of Honor he was he took that secret to his grave

@timsmith7225 10 ай бұрын

Would this work with copper instead of gold?

@kaankaral 8 ай бұрын

I guess so. Cu is also soft.

@williamromine1455 5 жыл бұрын

What would this firearm cost when ur finished?

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

I'll have 200 hours of labor in this piece when complete. I charge per hour about what your average plumber, master mechanic or similar trade charges. At auction the gun should reach between $15 and $20 thousand.

@kaankaral 8 ай бұрын

how come these Gold parts stay there forever ? I mean dont they come loose by time ?

@MrFieleke69 2 ай бұрын

They were burned onto the gun

@gordythecreator 3 жыл бұрын

CrazyPPL like myself, can watch this video, duplicate, and get it 90% correct. A school would enjoy my input. Any teachers in e.tenn?

@loudej 5 жыл бұрын

For projects that take 200+ hours, does discipline and attention span become a problem? Or is it more like working on computers where time flies when you're on a task?

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

I can work for 8 hours at a stretch and forget to eat, drink or stand up.

@chrisclay9089 5 жыл бұрын

When you have the ability to create something this gorgeous, I dont blame you one bit.

@555_Kochi_STi 5 жыл бұрын

I think the 2x and 3x speed is much easier to follow visually. 6x just seems way too fast.

@MasterEngraverTV 5 жыл бұрын

Adelino Palatino that’s why I rarely use that speed unless Im just doing an extremely repetitive tasks like cutting rows in the background. If you watch through the video I do the same tasks at near actual speed on the second leaf.

@555_Kochi_STi 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, I watched through the whole video, which I thought was very good. Just wanted wanted to put my 2 cents out there.

@emeltea33 5 жыл бұрын

@@555_Kochi_STi there's a function/setting to adjust the speed on our end. I use it often on other's videos.