Up graded my Colt SAA 45

Hugh · 05-02-2009, 01:54 AM

by having the ivory grips carved by Kirk Ratajesak:

Ice · 05-02-2009, 08:10 AM

Thats an awesome SAA and the grips compliment it perfectly. Do you know who did the engraving? Factory?

Charlie

Edward Tinker · 05-02-2009, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ice

...Do you know who did the engraving? Factory?

Charlie

Very nice Hugh, bit more BBQ than I like, but very nice.,

Grip work http://www.kgratajesak.com/

Heinz · 05-02-2009, 11:54 AM

Hugh, It is you! Now if it were only in 7.65 Parabellum. . .

tenbears · 05-02-2009, 01:10 PM

Here are a few more fancy ingraved Colts along with some other nice guns.

George Anderson · 05-02-2009, 02:03 PM

Here's another engraved Colt but probably more fitting for a goat or camel BBQ.

Navy · 05-02-2009, 04:39 PM

There is something about exquisitely engraved guns....

Tom A

Hugh · 05-03-2009, 01:06 AM

George,
That is the first porno engraved gun I have seen!

alanint · 05-03-2009, 07:53 AM

I'm guessing this came out of Mexico. I've seen similar "racy" engraving on guns down there.
This is what I would call a "Cantina" gun!

George Anderson · 05-03-2009, 08:45 AM

It came out of Italy by way of Switzerland and is closer now to Mexico than it ever has been. The engravings, though erotic, are all subjects out of classical mythology.

Hugh · 05-04-2009, 01:10 AM

Charlie, I don't know who the engraver was, here is his mark:

Vlim · 05-04-2009, 08:30 AM

This one surfaced in Belgium a while ago. 1900 Swiss with some exquisit engraving and guilding work done to it.

(and it's for sale

, sadly not by me though).

Navy · 05-04-2009, 09:28 AM

The gold engraved Colt auto left Hartford in 1914 to Bond Street, London, thence to Cairo, then to New Orleans, then to NJ, then to Virginia.

Tom A

Ice · 05-04-2009, 11:18 AM

That Swiss is exquisite.

Charlie

alanint · 05-04-2009, 12:06 PM

Tom, was the Colt factory engraved? By any of the more famous Colt engravers?

05-02-2009, 01:54 AM	#1
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	Up graded my Colt SAA 45 by having the ivory grips carved by Kirk Ratajesak: Attached Thumbnails __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

05-02-2009, 01:10 PM	#5
tenbears User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 370 Thanks: 3 Thanked 26 Times in 15 Posts	Here are a few more fancy ingraved Colts along with some other nice guns. Attached Thumbnails

05-02-2009, 02:03 PM	#6
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Here's another engraved Colt but probably more fitting for a goat or camel BBQ. Attached Thumbnails

05-03-2009, 01:06 AM	#8
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	George, That is the first porno engraved gun I have seen! __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

05-04-2009, 01:10 AM	#11
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	Charlie, I don't know who the engraver was, here is his mark: Attached Thumbnails __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

05-02-2009, 08:10 AM	#2
Ice User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 552 Thanks: 13 Thanked 69 Times in 57 Posts	Thats an awesome SAA and the grips compliment it perfectly. Do you know who did the engraving? Factory? Charlie

05-02-2009, 11:54 AM	#4
Heinz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 1,004 Thanks: 377 Thanked 411 Times in 180 Posts	Hugh, It is you! Now if it were only in 7.65 Parabellum. . .

05-02-2009, 04:39 PM	#7
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	There is something about exquisitely engraved guns.... Tom A

05-03-2009, 07:53 AM	#9
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	I'm guessing this came out of Mexico. I've seen similar "racy" engraving on guns down there. This is what I would call a "Cantina" gun!

05-03-2009, 08:45 AM	#10
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	It came out of Italy by way of Switzerland and is closer now to Mexico than it ever has been. The engravings, though erotic, are all subjects out of classical mythology.

05-04-2009, 08:30 AM	#12
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	This one surfaced in Belgium a while ago. 1900 Swiss with some exquisit engraving and guilding work done to it. (and it's for sale , sadly not by me though). Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

05-04-2009, 09:28 AM	#13
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	The gold engraved Colt auto left Hartford in 1914 to Bond Street, London, thence to Cairo, then to New Orleans, then to NJ, then to Virginia. Tom A

05-04-2009, 11:18 AM	#14
Ice User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 552 Thanks: 13 Thanked 69 Times in 57 Posts	That Swiss is exquisite. Charlie

05-04-2009, 12:06 PM	#15
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Tom, was the Colt factory engraved? By any of the more famous Colt engravers?