I didn't even realize that happened. I swore it looked correct at first.
Uh anyways.

Urch, it's pretty hard to correctly make a infinity/hourglass sign after trying for a straight hour.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh, how about I do what I can, experiment some more probably and send you off with something in the coming days??

Nah it's fine, it's not anything important. I just thought it would be a cool thing to have.

It's a big one.

Shoop

Pretty cool, emogotsaone, just needs some luscious blonde locks and ripped abs and you could be in the next Dragonballs.

So I haven't done anything to this model flintlock pistol for around a year now, lack of materials and proper workplace being the main excuse, however, I did recently give the lock-plate a nice rust-patina to evenly match the barrel and stock.

Yarr!

The whole gun is kind of a hack job but it was my first experimentation with gun carving so whatever.

Really, it looks cool and rugged. I imagine the metal parts of the hammer mechanisms will be hard to accomplish?

Extremely hard, unless I can find a place that machines sheet metal. The hammers are kind of intricate in shape so it's not likely going to happen, and prices for flintlock kits are pretty pricey, a complete build-it-yourself flintlock kit goes for the same price as a complete lock plate with hammer, frizzen, and pan.

Pretty nice!

Is that an AK-74 standing next to your door?

Sheet metal, Empty oil barrel or similar, Air compressor, A 1 pound, 2 pound, and 3 pound hammer, Some solid block of tough heat resistant material, Various measuring and holding tools, A bit of practice.

^This is how you make that stuff at home, it doesn't matter how intricate the item is, remember that they made these things long before machines as we know them existed with nearly the exact set of tools (If a few more dedicated ones).

I did home-forging back when I actually lived in a house with a backyard. Quite neat experience, eventually got up to making small blades and learned to fix my armor and swords that got damaged in sparring practice at the local sword-training place.

Lol yea, Sequitorian, I would never try to make a Chechen firearm. That barrel is mild steel and relatively thin, it'd likely peel like a banana with anything more than a few grains of powder.

As for the cutting against the grain, some of those deep gashes along the barrel are from the lengthy process of inletting the depression for the barrel, I need to get some wood putty, perhaps. As for the wood, I found a 3" thick piece of fresh pinewood lumber sitting in a pile next to a neighbor's trash, used the same piece for that revolver I posted some time ago. I wont be using pine anymore though because while it is easy to carve, the grain is so inconsistent in density.

@Bombzero: I had planned to make a coffee-can forge but I live in a pretty dense town with few wooded areas so even going on my back porch to whittle is a tad awkward with kids and random people walking by. If I ever get back into the country its one of my goals to learn some novice blacksmithing.

@Adriaan: Yep, just airsoft though. :/

Alternatively, don't shave for a few months, start wearing flannel shirts and blue jeans all day, and then nobody will question a thing about it.
Everyone knows stereotypical rednecks get far more leeway on doing dangerous things.
(I'm half joking, half serious about this by the way)

I love working with Poplar, practically no difference when carving against the grain or with it because it's so tightly packed, next to basswood I think its the best choice for carving on a small scale. I've never worked with Birch, I'd have to order than online. As for the putty mix, I occasionally use a mix of superglue and baking soda because it's super strong and dries almost instantly, looks awful though so I only use it for joining to pieces or small unseen spots.

Real men work with metal!

(Although wood carving is fun too)

Correction, real men work with explosives.

I've had some military grade explosives in the same room as me before while at work. It was perfectly safe, since the explosives were unarmed, and not even wired to anything yet.

Went fishing with my dad.