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  1. 09-12-2013, 04:35 AM #1
    David Whyman
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    Lion and Kudu

    This is a piece I have just hand engraved for an American customer, I have done a similar piece before on a smaller piece which the customer saw on my website. The crystal is -optical crystal of the finest quality and the engraving is very deeply engraved into the back with a little work on the front to give it a 3 dimensional effect

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  3. 09-12-2013, 05:35 AM #2
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    The detail in your work never ceases to amaze me David. Simply magnificent.
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    Yes very cool
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    Did you go to a engraving school or is this just something you are naturally good at?
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    Wow
    Yeah nah bro

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    David you gotta stop posting these magnificent pieces, I want one but I'm not selling my house! Great work, really appreciated
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  8. 09-12-2013, 07:20 PM #7
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    Stunning...thank you for sharing!
    ...amitie, respect mutuel et amour...

    ...le beau et le bon, cela rime avec Breton!...
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  9. 10-12-2013, 12:47 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    Did you go to a engraving school or is this just something you are naturally good at?

    I was always good at art but started engraving when my mum and dad had a pet shop for awhile -people kept asking for metal tags to be engraved with the dogs name and their address on ,so we bought a cheap engraving machine -I did the tags then tried crystal glass as it was made in the village I lived in -40 years later here I am engraving crystal glass professionally (for 33 years) The first few years the engraving was by trial and error but I progressed with better equipement and I got better at it- then a part time business for a little time- then my work was noticed by a crystal glass manufacturer and I got some big commissions the rest is history
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  10. 11-12-2013, 02:18 PM #9
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    Curious as to the village David.
    Great work by the way.
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    Fantastic as usual David, even I'm starting to get 'blasé' about your work...always so beautiful
    While I might not be as good as I once was, Im as good once as I ever was!

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  12. 11-12-2013, 10:39 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pengy View Post
    Curious as to the village David.
    Great work by the way.
    The village was Tutbury in Staffordshire, England
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    That is fuckin amazing mate! Kudos for you! (scuse the language cobbers)
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    Quote Originally Posted by deepsouthaussie View Post
    That is fuckin amazing mate!
    That is fairly good Australian English for what you were trying to say DSA. We all understood and I am sure that David will get the gist.
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    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    That is fairly good Australian English for what you were trying to say DSA. We all understood and I am sure that David will get the gist.
    That is very good Australian English - he's probably being kind to an Englishman due to fact they are beating the shit out of us in the Ashes cricket
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    Quote Originally Posted by David Whyman View Post
    That is very good Australian English - he's probably being kind to an Englishman due to fact they are beating the shit out of us in the Ashes cricket
    Unless I am mistaken, they mostly always do David. Not that I a am an enthusiastic follower of the game.
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
    Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
    Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
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