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JabaliHunter
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Top engravers?
#127032 - 14/02/09 11:50 PM

So following on from the discussion of top collectable DRs, who are the best engravers, what are their specialities and what guns do they work on?

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500Nitro
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Re: Top engravers? [Re: JabaliHunter]
#127035 - 14/02/09 11:53 PM

Kell, Purdey's, Hollands

Some of Kell's students from his studio are
pretty damn good from some of the work i have seen.

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Mike_Bailey
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Re: Top engravers? [Re: 500Nitro]
#127037 - 15/02/09 12:01 AM

Jabali, I saw a .577 in Hollands the other day and the rhino, lion, leopard and elephant were the best I have ever seen, only the nose on the Cape Buff needed 3 or 4 more scratches IMO but it was the best I have seen on an animal basis, Pat told me the guys name, I believe it was Alan Portsmouth. Game birds, my favourite is Stefan Pedretti, can he do a partridge !!
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Mike

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Der_Jaeger
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Re: Top engravers? [Re: Mike_Bailey]
#127038 - 15/02/09 12:14 AM

I don't think there is a singular name that can be attached to the title of Best Engraver. There are so many styles of engraving and each one has a "best name" attached to it. English scroll? Game scene? Deep relief? Bank note? There are even variations within these from the Italians, English, and Germans. Each one can easily be titled as the world's best, in my opinion. I'm not an expert on engraving, and it's a choice I couldn't make, but I always know when I see it.

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Paul
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Re: Top engravers? [Re: Der_Jaeger]
#127040 - 15/02/09 12:27 AM

Sorry to pervert the intent of this thread but ...

Were one to find an engraver who could portray animals well, would it be crazy investment-wise to commemorate game bagged on an African hunt on an 'umble Heym 88PH?

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- Paul

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peter
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Re: Top engravers? [Re: Paul]
#127049 - 15/02/09 02:00 AM

paul

it would not be a very good option for you because it has to be annealed, engraved and rehardned everytime you would want something new.

best

peter

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mickey
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Re: Top engravers? [Re: peter]
#127064 - 15/02/09 03:36 AM

It would be kind of neat to have your animals on the rifle. As Peter said though, you better wait and do all of them at once.

Unless you had nice trophies it wouldn't help resale. An engraving of a 20# PAC Ele or a 32" Buff wouldn't be to impressive.

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mehulkamdar
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Re: Top engravers? [Re: JabaliHunter]
#127114 - 15/02/09 12:23 PM

I am with Jerry on this - engraving is subjective. I found a FEGA album on the net and anyone who enjoys engraving would enjoy it. Of course, it is a matter of pride for me that my good friends Dr Ka'imiloa Chrisman and his very talented wife Mrs Kehau are in it with samples of work that they did on a Nicolas Boutet pistol that they are restoring.

Talent does not confine itself to one country or to a few firms. There are great engravers in several countries - the USA and Italy are definitely among them.

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Paul
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Re: Top engravers? [Re: mehulkamdar]
#127150 - 15/02/09 06:05 PM

Annealing, Peter? I hadn't thougtht of that. Does that threaten the strength of the action at all?

No, Mickey, I wouldn't worry about showing the actual specimens, just representatives of the species taken. Anyway, if I got enough DG to fill the panels, I mightn't have enough money left for such a project, after paying trophy fees and taxidermy costs.

Having gone to the trouble you'd feel bad ever having to sell, so I take it after-market engraving is a questionable investment at the best of times.

- Paul

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peter
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Re: Top engravers? [Re: Paul]
#127171 - 15/02/09 09:02 PM

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Annealing, Peter? I hadn't thougtht of that. Does that threaten the strength of the action at all?

- Paul

not, if you have it rehardened to the same strenght after the engraving. if you dont, you might get a nasty supprice.

the engravers usually has somebody that they work with to do both the annealing and rehardening.

best regards

peter

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baileybradshaw
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Re: Top engravers? [Re: peter]
#127310 - 17/02/09 01:31 AM

You could add false sideplates that would showcase the animals and cover the action with scroll/ornament. That way you would only need to send the engraver the sidepllate to add your next animal.

My favorite engravers are Sam Alfano, Phil Coggan, The Brown Brothers, Sam Welch, Winston Churchill and Alain Lovenberg. Of the above names, Sam Welch is going to be your best bet to get anything done. The others are either not accepting outside work or are so backed up it would be years to get the work complete.

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