Luger Engraving
 

I am having a pair of target Lugers made up with long barrels and adjustable sights from some 1920 Commercial shooters. I would like to have them engraved. I have found only a few photos of engraved P-08s,and none of them are appealing to me. Anyone out there have any photos of existing engraved guns or suggestions for engraving patterns? Thanks.

Frank, sounds cool. personally i like the light engraving using the acrons / leaves motiff (I do not have one myself), but I have thought the same thing.


Welcome to the forum! Please show pictures when you get done. ;)

Ed

This one sold on last year's James D. Julia auction. Cased for around $ 2100 I think...

I liked the work...as it was not "over-the-top" as some engraving patterns with nearly 100% coverage seem to be...

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload...er_1_copy1.jpg
http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload...er_2_copy1.jpg

Here is another one for sale at Martin Retting's gun shop in Culver City, CA.

I think it would have looked nicer with a non-gloss blue finish and straw more realistic in color that the "gold" used :

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload...aved_luger.jpg

Another on a LP-08 :

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/engraved_lp08.jpg

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/1975_mauser_1.jpg

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/1975_mauser_2.jpg

Pete and Ed,

Thank you so much for your response. I like the pattern of the heavy-barreled target-sighted gun. You have been a great help!

Frank

Pete,

Can you give me the source for the photos I referred to ? I would love to see greater detail so that the engraver has more to work with.

Frank

Hi Frank,

Most of the photos I collected and posted, above, were just associated with a sales or auction house ads that appeared on the Internet over the past 2-3 years. No mention of whom actually did the engraving work.

You might check out these engravers' association web sites :

http://www.fega.com/

They have a big annual convention each year in Reno. NV...just happened last month.

Here is another link :

http://www.grstrainingcenter.com/instructors.html

This photo scan was from a nicely done luger carbine showcased on the cover of the German Gun Collectors Association magazine.

I bought back-copy of the magazine through their web site :

http://www.germanguns.com/index.html


http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload...bine_copy1.jpg

Pete, I vote for #1
http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload...er_1_copy1.jpg

Just a bit of engraving, not too much, ;)