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21 April 2015, 06:09
surestrikeEngraving..!
quote:
Originally posted by h2oboy:
No question for me... Rose and Scroll
Ditto!!
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21 April 2015, 08:02
Grenadierquote:
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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21 April 2015, 08:04
Grenadierquote:
Originally posted by h2oboy:
No question for me... Rose and Scroll
Mighty purdey. But it was the clean lockwork that caught my eye.
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22 April 2015, 21:16
surestrikeI 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.
25 April 2015, 06:09
CCMDocquote:
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.

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28 April 2015, 12:23
Norsk
I am thinking about having 100% knot engraving like this on my bradshaw rifle. A bit unorthodox, but what do you guys think?
28 April 2015, 17:45
MJinesKnot for me, knot even close. IMHO.
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28 April 2015, 17:58
Dutch44I would knot select that Celtic scroll either.
That wouldn't be for me either!
DM
28 April 2015, 18:51
StormsGSPSurprised no one has brought up those awful pornographic guns. Can't imagine why someone would put that on a gun.
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28 April 2015, 20:59
NorskLOL 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...
28 April 2015, 21:27
jorgeNorsk, for the record, loved those titties...

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28 April 2015, 21:27
fla3006 www.resengraving.comRobert Strosin is one of the very best today.
Has done 2 Parkers for me.
www.gournetusa.comGeoffroy 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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29 April 2015, 02:19
Huviusquote:
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.
29 April 2015, 03:03
bwanamrmHeck 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...
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29 April 2015, 03:27
fla3006Celtic 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.
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29 April 2015, 04:51
ozhunterThe scroll engraving done on the Verney-carron Luxe models is quite nice
29 April 2015, 05:56
Dutch44Festoon? 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
29 April 2015, 07:13
fla3006FESTOON-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
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29 April 2015, 12:52
Norsk
A bit much, but VIKING!

maybe the serpent instead of knots?
29 April 2015, 18:23
MJinesNot 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.
Mike
29 April 2015, 20:51
NorskI 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!
30 April 2015, 10:43
lavacaI 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. :-).
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30 April 2015, 12:56
209jonesThe 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.
30 April 2015, 16:12
NorskMboga, that is just Incredible!
30 April 2015, 17:31
Andre MertensFla3006,
That's good taste at its best. I like the "finesse". One scroll more would have been too much.
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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!
Mike
03 May 2015, 02:55
Gatogordoquote:
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.
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03 May 2015, 03:14
GatogordoHere'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.
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03 May 2015, 06:48
GatogordoReally nice! Congrats on having a beautiful rifle.
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03 May 2015, 08:25
Grenadierquote:
Originally posted by CHIPB:
Nice. That is so much better than the cartoonish engraving often found on German guns.
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05 May 2015, 13:45
mboga biga bwanaSuper Eyecatcher. Well made.
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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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07 May 2015, 22:39
shootawayquote:
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?