OK so Dan sent his New Orleans Ace to me to do a little work on her for him
As you can see in the first photo , the hammer had never been finished . He was missing some parts . Stock had never been worked over past the point of its original shape .
Which by the way was a piece of walnut . Real poor quality . After removing it , it had some splits that needed stabilized . So I did that and then reshaped it a little and put on an oil finish . Thus giving it slimmer lines and a more sleek look that a self respecting Gambler might be looking for.
I also finished out the hammer and trigger . Then I case hardened both . As was expected the steel quality didn’t take much of the case color but they still came out nice .
I then re-crowned the barrel and polished it and faced it so as to bring the RR back down to the bottom .
I then engraved the barrel and receiver with leaf bands for a base to the arch based leaf work . Around the nipple seat I did a rope boarder .
Each side of the receiver , on the flats I engrave a poker hand . Specifically a Royal Flush in spades .
Added to that I finally go around to getting my 35mm Minolta X700 out. But I found out its shutter had stuck . So out came my Sony D100 digital . I never really learned how to use it so after a couple days of reading and digging for some of my old camera gear I finally was able to take some decent photos. Still not the best but far better then those I have posted before .
So anyway here is Dans pistol in its new form .
it was a fun project Dan , Thank you for giving me the opportunity and your willingness to allow me to do some practice on your gun . I hope you like what I have done
so here is the before shot
and here is what she looks like now
