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  1. Roger Bleile

    Pocket microscope for inspecting gravers

    Apparently Harbor Freight is not selling them anymore. I'm glad I have two plus the old ones with the aluminum tubes. I has another that I gave to a Belgian engraver, DuBois about ten years ago. Looks like Hobie found another source for the item.
  2. Roger Bleile

    Belgium engravers

    The style of the engraving is European for sure. Not Asian. Like Frank mentioned, it looks like a standard Belgian style however Germans, Austrians, and French also use it frequently. Does not look Italian to me.
  3. Roger Bleile

    Question: Anyone recognize this engraving?

    Wade, That gun was definitely cut in a style common to German and Austrian engravers. Japanese engravers use a similar style but the technique of cutting and shading is not Japanese. Two things don't look like they were done by a German or Austrian. One is the use of wriggle tooling around the...
  4. Roger Bleile

    Question: Winchester Model 42 engraving

    Andy, Unfortunately the images are too small and poorly lit to make an identification of the engraver. The key to identification is in the scrollwork. Try taking a close-up of the left half of the receiver then another of the right half, then turn the gun over and do the same thing. The focus...
  5. Roger Bleile

    new piece

    TFACARVING I see your mark (ES) in one of the pictures above. If you would state your name, I will add your mark to my archive of engraver's marks.
  6. Roger Bleile

    Using a hardened bronze flat to remove excess gold from wire inlay

    My brother used German silver rod that he shaped into a flat for shaving down gold wire inlay. The flat wears down pretty fast but it is easily resharpened.
  7. Roger Bleile

    Question: Who is Joseph Condon?

    I find it amusing reading comments by two people, known only by cryptic screen names, who are expressing their intimate knowledge of Joe Condon without knowing the real name of each other. If each of you would divulge your real name you may find out that you knew each other years ago and maybe...
  8. Roger Bleile

    Colt revolver engraving question

    In my opinion the Colt with the gold scales was not done by Alvin White. The scroll is very well done but I can't positively identify its engraver. White usually did mark his work under the grips. Below is an example of White's initials on a grip frame and an example of his scroll.
  9. Roger Bleile

    Question: Who is Joseph Condon?

    Did Joe sign your Model 12?
  10. Roger Bleile

    Announcement: John Rohner

    I have noted that about half of the engravers featured in my first book (1980) have now passed on. One of the reasons that I wrote my books is so that one day, when they are gone, they can be remembered by gun collectors and engravers of the future.
  11. Roger Bleile

    Announcement: John Rohner

    It is with sadness that inform my engraving colleagues of the passing of John R. Rohner of Boulder, Colorado at the age of 97. John was a FEGA Charter Member who developed an interest in gun engraving in the 1940s after his service with the USMC where he earned two Purple Heart medals during...
  12. Roger Bleile

    Question: ATI Shotgun

    Antique firearms, for example an 1851 Colt Navy, will be worth more with a former owner's name inscribed on the gun. Collectors like to research who the gun originally belonged to. Some day the guns we are engraving will also be vintage. Yes, in the short run a cheap, non collectable gun like...
  13. Roger Bleile

    Engraver issue 128

    Eureka! Mine arrived yesterday,
  14. Roger Bleile

    Belgium engravers

    Frank P. was trained in Belgium. He is an active member here.
  15. Roger Bleile

    Engraver issue 128

    I haven't got mine but then we just got a card that was mailed in November.
  16. Roger Bleile

    Rashid El Hadi

    I think he was about 60. I don't know what caused his early demise.
  17. Roger Bleile

    Rashid El Hadi

    It is a sad day when a great talent in our field passes away. Rashid El Hadi (vintageguns.co.uk)
  18. Roger Bleile

    Where to learn to draw scroll work

    If you like books for instruction, you can't beat Advanced Drawing of Scrolls by Ron Smith. Available from FEGA here: FEGA Books.
  19. Roger Bleile

    Graver profiles of old

    I agree with Sam Alfano that the square graver profile goes way back. Below, I have posted an illustration of graver sharpening from the old Winters school of engraving. Though it is not hundreds of years old, these old hand engravers tended to do things as methods were handed down over the...
  20. Roger Bleile

    Help, please: Winchester Engraving

    I agree with JJ Roberts. The scrollwork shows common characteristics of Japanese work. This gun was probably ordered through a BX/PX in Japan during occupation then engraved locally.

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