Eagle Pic
Hey Steve - Thanks for the kind words. You may be very correct about the 60 hours....honestly I have no idea...I just remember a lot of trips downstairs to the shop for either 30 minutes or maybe a couple hours.
I'll try to attach a pic of the eagle below. I found the Reichsadler (eagle) online, but after agonizing a bit, I decided to replace the swastika with the Iron Cross. The history buff in me wanted to leave it since the guns are original to WW2 and have the waffenampts on them. However the realist in me didn't want people walking in my house to freak out and think I was a nut if they saw a swastika. I think it's a common peril of this hobby of ours - at least the WW2 era Lugers.
So basically, I modified the image, found a font that I thought felt sufficiently German, and created the design. I had a local company burn the design on through a laser process as I knew any attempt of mine to carve it just wouldn't look great...and I couldn't afford to ruin any more wood....I had made enough mistakes already!
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