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A Contemporary Rifle designed for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
This rifle featured a beautiful scrimshawed elk on elk bone affixed to the
patchbox lid. The cheekpiece was adorned with an ebony and elk bone inlay
surrounded with sterling silver wire. The are to the rear of the
cheekpiece was carved in high relief. The colored Siler lock was
engraved and featured the R.M.E.F. logo. |
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This
Contemporary Rifle was completely designed by the customer. This
rifle does not fit into any classical school of rifle building, however,
the end result was very pleasing. Many of the features had great
significance to the customer. The raised carving featuring several
flowers is accented with silver wire inlay. The cheekpiece inlay is
of ebony and bone. The finals of the lock panels are graced with
bone hearts. Bone and silver wire are used in conjunction with
carving or inlays in a number of areas. The top of the barrel was
engraved with the owner's name. This rifle will surely become a
treasured heirloom. |
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This contemporary Hawken-style rifle was built
for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Nearly 23 feet of sterling
silver wire inlay was used to establish the theme of the rifle. The
highly figured piece of curly maple was stained dark to better accentuate
the silver wire inlay. The R.M.E.F. logo was scrimshawed into the
bone and inlayed into the cheekpiece. The trigger guard was pierced
completely through and engraved to display a bugleing bull elk. |
