Engraving Forum.com - The Internet's Largest and Fastest Growing Engraving Community

The Internet's Largest and Fastest Growing Engraving Community
Discuss hand engraving using basic to the most advanced methods and equipment
Forum Members: 14,732. Welcome to our newest member, Miss Allison
EngravingForum.com - Domain since Feb 7, 2003

Graver Video Conferencing is empty Join now!


Go Back   Engraving Forum.com - The Internet's Largest and Fastest Growing Engraving Community > Forums > Gallery and Show & Tell - Hand Engraving Forum
ENGRAVING TOOLS - Paypal accepted Classes Glossary Feedback Tips Sharpening Bulino Videos Forum Policies

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 10-27-2011, 11:34 PM
joe seeley's Avatar
joe seeley joe seeley is offline
Steel
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Big Timber Montana
Posts: 35
Default John Rohner hammer collection

I havent posted anything in quite some time, so i figured I should put something out there to support the forum. so here are a couple of pictures of a hammer head that I recently finished for Mr Rohners collection of hammer heads.

Joe
Attached Images
File Type: jpg DSCN0007.jpg (55.6 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg DSCN0015.jpg (45.1 KB, 0 views)
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 10-28-2011, 05:53 AM
Titian Titian is offline
Platinum
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 318
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

Wow! Charming work...
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 10-28-2011, 07:12 AM
Fred Marrinan Fred Marrinan is offline
Platinum
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 426
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

very nice work!
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 10-28-2011, 11:56 AM
leschowe's Avatar
leschowe leschowe is offline
Gold
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Louisville, Colorado
Posts: 157
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

Hi Joe,
That is really beautiful engraving work.

Les
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 10-28-2011, 12:13 PM
Dave London's Avatar
Dave London Dave London is offline
Platinum
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 2,359
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

Joe
Excellent job
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 10-28-2011, 04:35 PM
KDavid's Avatar
KDavid KDavid is offline
Platinum
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Orlando, Florida
Posts: 561
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

Beautiful Job......where can I get some hammer heads like that, or must I beaome a machinest and make one myself.
__________________
David Gruber
WWW.Sharpgraver.com
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Thomas
Jefferson
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 10-28-2011, 07:24 PM
Don Curtis's Avatar
Don Curtis Don Curtis is offline
Platinum
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: New River, Arizona
Posts: 311
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

I too would like to get a few hammer heads like that....


Donny
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 10-29-2011, 05:43 AM
jlseymour's Avatar
jlseymour jlseymour is offline
Platinum
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Mt. Dora FL
Posts: 1,568
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

Looks great Joe...
Got to see his collection at Scott's engrave-in and WOW is the only word I have...
Jerry
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 10-29-2011, 07:19 AM
Roger Bleile's Avatar
Roger Bleile Roger Bleile is offline
Platinum
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 1,709
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

Joe,

That's a beautiful job you did on John's hammer. I recently added one to his collection myself. I was pushing to get it done before I left to visit John and didn't get good pictures of it.

For those of you asking about how to get such a hammer head, John has them custom made by a machinist. Over the years several different people have made them so there are slightly different variations in the collection.

You might say that the hammer collection is a sort of an invitational thing. John asks engravers around the world to do their work for him. His earliest pieces go back about 50 years and include work by some of the best known gun engravers of the 20th century.

RB
__________________
C. Roger Bleile
Author of: American Engravers series of books. FEGA Historian and Founding Charter Member
http://www.engravingglossary.com/
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 10-29-2011, 10:28 AM
Don Curtis's Avatar
Don Curtis Don Curtis is offline
Platinum
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: New River, Arizona
Posts: 311
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

Roger,

Thanks for the info....No threat of an invitation coming any time soon But I do like the aesthetics of those hammer heads versus the garbage on eBay. I would like to find a couple quality hammers.

Donny
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 10-29-2011, 03:49 PM
joe seeley's Avatar
joe seeley joe seeley is offline
Steel
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Big Timber Montana
Posts: 35
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

Thanks, for the complements, I really enjoyed doing this project, and was quite pleased with the outcome. I would someday like to see the complete collection myself. I have only seen a few pictures, and would have to say, It must be quite a collection.

Joe
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 10-31-2011, 06:15 AM
pilkguns's Avatar
pilkguns pilkguns is offline
Platinum
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 522
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

I was at John's house over the weekend and got to see several of the new entries into the collections. Joe S, yours looked great, Roger's looked great, Weldon Lister and Tira Mitchell also had some great looking hammers. While I was there, Martin Strolz emailed pictures of a hammer he is doing and all I can say about it is WOW.

Plans are under way to get 360 degree photographs of them that will allow an interactive web viewing of each hammer. Anybody with advice or expereince in this arena please let me know.
__________________
Scott Pilkington
http://pilkguns.com/bio-scott.shtml
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 03-01-2015, 03:10 PM
JoeJacob JoeJacob is offline
Steel
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 87
Default Re: John Rohner hammer collection

"Plans are under way to get 360 degree photographs"

I know this is an old thread. The subject is very interesting, and I was wondering if any progress has been made in doing the 360 degree photographs.
__________________
Joe

If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it? Albert Einstein
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Conduct
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 03:47 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.