... Why not put the MSRP and a nutritional-info-esque list of all the % of each alloy that went into the metal the lower is made from? (Kidding)
... and no animals were harmed in the process. (For all the tree huggers outhere).
I'd like to see a stripped,
Mil-Spec, black receiver, etched with a modest outline of our Maple Leaf (like the C7s), and a custom customer chosen serial number on the right ricasso. No white, no color for me.
I like SAFE -- SEMI -- Fk'nEh
I really don't like labels on my crap, certainly not a kaleidoscope of colors on my ARs. So I'd like something simple and subdued. Something that doesn't make me look like a clown at the range, but still noticeable showing I AM A GUNNUT.
If you must have the beaver, have him a fair size and only as an etched outline, but large enough to take up most of the right side of the magwell.
In fact, I think the CGN beaver is a must have. No additional CANADIAN GUNNUTZ text anywhere else. Just the CGN logo.
If you make the beaver too small, because of the amount of detail, it starts to look like crap. That's what I didn't like about the last one we had in white and too small ... it seemed smeared to look at.
I'd suggest creating artwork of our CGN logo that would be more appropriate for etching without making it different.
This logo, in all its glory as it is, would look very nice on a letterhead printed offeset ... and this website, but for etching, engraving, or such crude printing processes, the logo would need to be adjusted for such.
As an example, instead of the outlined text around the circle, have the same typestyle, but solid, not outlined. Remove the red color from the circle, from the beaver's scraf, hat and sleeve, remove the color from his face, tail and gloves and only keep the maple leaf on his t-shirt as a solid. In anotherwords, simplify it for the etching application. Maybe thiken the outline where needed.
Also, a shadow outline as it appears on CANADIAN GUNNUTZ, is not appropriate for small type. Too much small detail to make out what it really is and not appear blurred. Shadow outlines are best exploited on signage of large proportions.
You shouldn't sway too far from the logos original design. So keep the outline and the text in tact rather than just the beaver cut out and without the circle.
... and no more IB please, or I'm out.
