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Rick W. · 11-06-2018, 06:47 PM

Sometimes engravers will sign or at least initial their work on the firearm somewhere. Most will be fairly discrete(usually in the engraved area itself) in nature.

Deep relief cut engraving is almost a lost art due to a lot of things. Takes a keen eye with magnification to tell what is there from a quality point of view.

One of the most deeply engraved pistols that I have ever touched was a factory engraved automag in 44amp. Engraving was deep enough to mark my hands after gripping the pistol. No idea of who did such, but probably on the net somewhere. The only other firearm that I have handled was a 40x with deep scroll, I thought sure it was European done, but the owner introduced me to the engraver at that gunshow, the engraver was Vietnamese..............he knew the work, a fine set of scrolls he did.

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Rick W. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 339 Thanks: 81 Thanked 359 Times in 198 Posts	Sometimes engravers will sign or at least initial their work on the firearm somewhere. Most will be fairly discrete(usually in the engraved area itself) in nature. Deep relief cut engraving is almost a lost art due to a lot of things. Takes a keen eye with magnification to tell what is there from a quality point of view. One of the most deeply engraved pistols that I have ever touched was a factory engraved automag in 44amp. Engraving was deep enough to mark my hands after gripping the pistol. No idea of who did such, but probably on the net somewhere. The only other firearm that I have handled was a 40x with deep scroll, I thought sure it was European done, but the owner introduced me to the engraver at that gunshow, the engraver was Vietnamese..............he knew the work, a fine set of scrolls he did.