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Originally posted by h2oboy:
No question for me... Rose and Scroll

Ditto!!

BTW

It seems that George is off his meds again. Cut him some slack, he's not an asshole but the voices in his head that make him act out apparently are.

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Originally posted by MHC_TX:
H&H Royal 20ga

I like the fences on your 20ga. I don't remember seeing anything like that before. I wonder what the pattern is called. It looks sort of like a clam shell.

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Originally posted by h2oboy:
No question for me... Rose and Scroll

Mighty purdey. But it was the clean lockwork that caught my eye.

I agree that whole package is very sexy!

I like flowers BEST, especially on a vine. It gives a delicate touch to weapon. The oak leaf engraving on the early Scott Premiers is also another of one of my favorites.

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Originally posted by subsailor74:

This is what i was referring to in my earlier post - a nice combination of scroll and bulino

Exactly as I like it as well.

I am thinking about having 100% knot engraving like this on my bradshaw rifle. A bit unorthodox, but what do you guys think?

Knot for me, knot even close. IMHO.

I would knot select that Celtic scroll either.

That wouldn't be for me either!

DM

Surprised no one has brought up those awful pornographic guns. Can't imagine why someone would put that on a gun.

LOL is it that bad?!

That does knot make me certain I want it any longer

I am struggelig finding something creative that fits my background.... Maybe I should just og for 100% scroll coverage with "safe" inlaid in gold? The worlds first (as far as I know) falling block double rifle with hand detachable locks is perhaps original enough as it is to begin with...

Norsk, for the record, loved those titties...

www.resengraving.com
Robert Strosin is one of the very best today.
Has done 2 Parkers for me.

www.gournetusa.com
Geoffroy Gournet is too, was Winchester Parker Reproduction's in-house custom engraver for 16 years.
He spent many hours on this, a close approximation of an early-style deep chiseled A-1 Special:

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Originally posted by Norsk:





I am thinking about having 100% knot engraving like this on my bradshaw rifle. A bit unorthodox, but what do you guys think?

I love the Celtic ribbon work.
If I were to have a gun engraved, it would be a front runner for me.

Heck I have enough Scotch-Irish in me that I kinda like the Celtic scroll too!

To each his own. Have the engraving done that you like the best and forget about what the unwashed masses think...

Celtic ribbons with Bulino game scene on floorplate by Geoff Gournet:



My personal favorite style of engraving is Corumbelle, fine scroll overlayed with flowers, ribbons, festoons.

The scroll engraving done on the Verney-carron Luxe models is quite nice

Festoon? I think I had to get a penicillin shot for a bad case of festoon if I'm not mistaken. Don't want to do that again!


Dutch

FESTOON-a chain or garland of flowers, leaves, or ribbons, hung in a curve as a decoration.

"The style of engraving is known as "Corumbelle" after Hypolite Corumbelle who first designed that style with ribbons and festoons over English scroll. Corumbelle was a Belgian who started an engraving school in Bologna in the 1950's. He was also the father of Lyson Corumbelle."

C. Roger Bleile
Author of American Engravers-The 21st Century
FEGA Historian
www.engravingglossary.com

A bit much, but VIKING! maybe the serpent instead of knots?

Not for me, but my tastes are obviously a bit more subdued. In the end though it really comes down to what type of engraving you like . . . and are confident that your gunsmith/engraver can successfully execute. Bad engraving is worse than no engraving at all in my view. Another thing for me would be if I ever decide to sell the rifle or need to sell the rifle, is the engraving going to enhance its marketability or impair its marketability? I think the more eclectic the style the more limited the market will be at an attractive price. All the foregoing is worth about $0.02.

I am grateful for all opinions, also the negative ones

Just struggeling with this decision as it is one of the ones in life that are permanent, like when I was 20, drunk and got a tattoo....I say no more!

I really like colour case receivers. The German scroll is nice. I wouldn't recommend old German women, pickup trucks or guitars, 9.3 --- too trendy. :-).

Engraving Porn http://www.trompeter-ritchi.de...en-jagdwaffen-7.html

The Pheasant gun in the gallery on that site is a different concept, That could grow on a person. Fanzoj certainly thinks out of the box. Some I like, some I don't,some is a bit far over the top for me, I appreciate the artsy side of what he does though, seems there isn't much he won't try.

Mboga, that is just Incredible!

Fla3006,
That's good taste at its best. I like the "finesse". One scroll more would have been too much.

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17947/lot/298/


I decided to go with something like this... In appreciation of Sealous and farquharson b5 hunting history...

Very nice, and something picked on the basis of more than just aesthetics. Well done!

Joe Fugger





Cargnel

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Originally posted by StormsGSP:
Surprised no one has brought up those awful pornographic guns. Can't imagine why someone would put that on a gun.

Well, I like naked women either in hand or on guns. I think the very finest fantasy's as first done by Torcoli and later equally finely done by Creative Arts are beautiful, but if you don't like naked women on fine guns, suits the hell out of me.

Here's one by Torcoli that probably won't upset the delicate sensibilities in here....



The other side has "gasp" bare breasts on it so I don't want to upset anyone by posting it.

Here's a pic from one on sale on GB as I write. I really like this style and wish I knew who did it. Unfortunately the rest of the gun is not up to the engraving IMO.

Here are some photos of the engraving on my Heym .577 NE Jumbo:












I have finally received the finished rifle, but my photos of it are not as nice as the ones that Chris sent to me. The game scenes are by Michael Richter.

Really nice! Congrats on having a beautiful rifle.

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Originally posted by CHIPB:

Nice. That is so much better than the cartoonish engraving often found on German guns.

Super Eyecatcher. Well made.

Gato:

I like naked women and I like guns. I generally don't like naked women with guns because ... well we don't need to go into that. And, I'm not a big fan of engraving naked women on guns. Nice work, just not for me.

Some really nice examples of engraving art here. Personally, I prefer colour case receivers, which don't show off engraving well. Although not mutually exclusive, I like rather simple engraving.

well, I suppose those engravings of the buffalo and elephants are pretty good...but nothing like this masterpiece of the engraving arts:

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Originally posted by PSmith:
well, I suppose those engravings of the buffalo and elephants are pretty good...but nothing like this masterpiece of the engraving arts:

That is simple but very talented,IMO.Do you know the engravers' name?