Comments on: Robert A. Talbot's Wooden Guns

Robert A. Talbot's Wooden Guns

Fiasco da Gama — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:06:10 -0800

Robert A. Talbot makes guns out of wood.

By: Artw

Artw — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:30:50 -0800

That first image is just begging for a captioning... Wait, that's some other site.

By: scottymac

scottymac — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:32:09 -0800

Dillinger was making them out of soap 70 years ago.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:37:16 -0800

Dillinger was making them out of soap... Woody Allen did that too, in, what was it, Banana Republic? He had almost busted outta jail with it, but then it started raining and the soap lathered up. A laff riot!! But this Talbot fellow is a very methodical craftsman, for sure.

By: Knappster

Knappster — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:44:25 -0800

They cropped out the cowering family of four he's holding hostage.

By: Naberius

Naberius — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:17:51 -0800

The family of four lifelike carved wooden figures?

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:36:26 -0800

Woody Allen did that too- Take The Money and Run? He also tried holding up a bank with a Gub

By: popechunk

popechunk — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:08:58 -0800

Oh man I love these old revolvers. I've always wanted a Colt SAA, but I will happily settle for a Ruger Vaquero. This guy is amazing.

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:35:32 -0800

Artw: That first image is just begging for a captioning... "His acting is as wooden as his guns", perhaps?

By: Tube

Tube — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:12:28 -0800

Outstanding post! I really like the "home brew" feel of websites made by people that excel in some obscure area, and for whom building a "professional" website is an unusual and daunting task. As long as it's not utterly garish, or 1996ish, I'm OK with it. If he wants to expand his website, the next logical step would be to photograph and videotape various steps in the process. Does he use CAD/CAM or old school techniques? How does he rifle his barrels? Did he have to build those tools? My guess is that one shouldn't dry fire his pieces too much. My guess is that the first thing to fail would be the sear-trigger interface, though I confess I haven't owned a revolver in years, and don't know too much about them. Personally, I love seeing this kind of stuff on Metafilter, and I wish there was a lot more of it. More weird art, unusual but excellent craftsmanship, wild talents (human), amateur science, etc.

By: Fiasco da Gama

Fiasco da Gama — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:53:46 -0800

Thanks tube.

That first image is just begging for a captioning

Artw, in a just country, he'd be on the ten dollar note.

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:24:49 -0800

That first image is just begging for a captioning This is a stick up! ... stick-up, 'stick' up, geddit! I'm here all week, tell your friends!

By: peacay

peacay — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:48:14 -0800

I remember seeing these on tv a while back. Amazing work.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:08:15 -0800

My guess is that the first thing to fail would be the sear-trigger interface, though I confess I haven't owned a revolver in years, and don't know too much about them. Since he's not actually firing bullets, I'd guess that the main spring and sear spring could be made considerably weaker than in an actual gun. If he uses the right woods, it would hold up a long time.

By: inigo2

inigo2 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:10:37 -0800

What's brown and sticky? Robert A. Talbot's guns!!!