Posted this over on the Winchester forum, but here would be more appropriate....Would be interested in what others have seen or know about re other good to great engravers....

Some examples of Winston Churchill from Vermont....There are others, however he ranks among the best of the best...












He also does bronze....

Oh my!!!!

You can have him do your Double rifle....


https://stevebarnettfineguns.com/ho...y-contract-engraved-by-winston-churchill

Or he can spruce up your pocket knife....

Mine would be lipstick on a pig!

Jim White of Wasilla AK is one of my very best friends. He’s a talented guy to say the least. And the best part is that he’s fast, like no more than a couple months fast in most cases. https://www.jimwhiteengraving.com/

Some old school

This is a Nagel & Menz drilling, proofed 1887 in 16ga and 10X47R

Drool all over my keyboard...

Only about $US 250,000 stands in the way of me having that .577 Holland and Holland.

Battue, keep posting other links that like that have lots of high-res images -- they really show how good engraving can be.

john

The Pedretti shop shows a little of how it is done....

If this is something one likes, what Stefano Pedretti can do....

"Old School" like that is impressive....

I'd like to add that the skip-line checkering on the stock is extremely well done.

Nothing catches my eye more than a nice piece of walnut on a shotgun (or any gun). I can take or leave engraving. My favorite looking shotgun is my CSMC M21 O/U that has an exhibition grade stock and a plain, polished, blued receiver. I love that look.

Geoffroy Gournet did my custom 2 barrel Fox set in 16 gauge. Geoffroy did all of the A-1 Winchester/Parker Specials for the in house run of Parker reproductions.

This is it in the white.



Here it is after case coloring.

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Good Lord!
That is nothing short of magnificent!
Beautiful shotgun!
Thank you for sharing.........

Thanks, here are few more pictures. I decided to tone down the case color to a French Gray finish. The harsh light in these pictures washed out some of the detail. The fox, for instance, has fur that you just can't see the detail of in these pictures.

ROMAC, That's insane! Good on you for commissioning such work!

ROMAC, those pictures make me think I should grind the engraving off of my 1959 Browning A5 Light 12, engraved by the late Arnold Griebel!!!
I like the deep looking engraving on yours, it shows so much depth. Kind of old world like, maybe a Germanic feel to it? Simply Beautiful!

ROMAC, those pictures make me think I should grind the engraving off of my 1959 Browning A5 Light 12, engraved by the late Arnold Griebel!!!
I like the deep looking engraving on yours, it shows so much depth. Kind of old world like, maybe a Germanic feel to it? Simply Beautiful!

I have two engraved Colt SAA 's, bottom one was commissioned by me, the other I bought, I also have my trap gun engraved along with a custom Colt 1911.
Good engraving is an art form, it should enhance the beauty of the piece, not overwhelm it. You should see the gun first, then notice the fine engraving.

Close up of top SAA, this silver plated 1901 gun.

Close up of my other SAA

Maybe! The first thing I see in that picture is a whole lot of bling and attention getting. Nothing wrong with that but in my eyes anyways too much.

Here is one a little more subtle.

That is better.

The SAA's are not my cup of tea. But the more I look at them, the more beauty I see in the workmanship.

Awesome shooters !!!!