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Jan 10, 2024 19:55:25 GMT -5
Lee Martin, boatswainsmate, and 17 more like this
Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2024 19:55:25 GMT -5
I bought a nice Tyler Gun Works overhauled sheriff model a few years ago. I liked it a lot but felt like it was missing something. I took it David Wade Harris who lives about an hour from me. He knocked it out of the park. David is known for his engraving on SAA. Its a stainless gun so didnt have to pay for bluing or nickel which David does beautifully. He showed me an old high power that he had just completed for a south TX sheriff that was off the charts. Im super happy. David was the only apprentice of Wheldon Bledsoe who is famed for cattle brand, only 2nd to his own teacher Cole Agee who is considered to be the original cattle brand engraving artist. Serious lineage of engravers. Davids daughter is continuing the craft. She is doing guns and custom car parts for show cars.
He did a few special things for me. When I was a kid we branded my grandparents cattle with a S brand. They were Stevens by name. I showed my wife a bunch of images of Davids work and she really liked one with a longhorn head on the erh and a spur around the front sight. He agreed to do it. And I commissioned it with our 15yr wedding anniversary, so he put a heart behind the hammer with a C and B, for Chance and Bobbie. Neat to have something personal. He hand cuts this stuff with thousands of tiny hammer blows. Its a real art.
He did a few special things for me. When I was a kid we branded my grandparents cattle with a S brand. They were Stevens by name. I showed my wife a bunch of images of Davids work and she really liked one with a longhorn head on the erh and a spur around the front sight. He agreed to do it. And I commissioned it with our 15yr wedding anniversary, so he put a heart behind the hammer with a C and B, for Chance and Bobbie. Neat to have something personal. He hand cuts this stuff with thousands of tiny hammer blows. Its a real art.
