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  1. Roger Bleile

    FAKE Nimschke

    Hi Marty, I am glad to find that you know who James P. Lowe is. He was a mystery to me. For what it's worth, I have attached a picture of his letter that accompanied the gun in question. See you soon, Roger
  2. Roger Bleile

    FAKE Nimschke

    Jean, Acid etching was used to decorate guns, even in the earliest times. Just as armor was decorated by etching, some people used it on wheel locks and flint locks but until Ken Hunt began using acid in conjunction with hand engraving, it always look rather crude. In regard to the gun in...
  3. Roger Bleile

    FAKE Nimschke

    I have never heard of James Lowe. I wonder what his credentials are to declare himself a "firearms engraving expert?"
  4. Roger Bleile

    2019 Safari Auction Rifle Sets New Record

    Congratulations to Mike and John on this masterpiece of American gunmaking!
  5. Roger Bleile

    Question

    The NgraveR Magnagraver is a very capable power graver. If you don't have room for a compressor or a Gravermeister the Magnagraver will give you good service.
  6. Roger Bleile

    Question: films about engravers?

    I have always been surprised that nobody has made a movie about Renaissance goldsmith, engraver, sculptor, and duelist, Benvenuto Cellini. I have read his autobiography twice over and it would make a fascinating movie. There is an opera by Hector Berlioz but the overture is the only part ever...
  7. Roger Bleile

    10 things every Rolex owner should know

    Yes, and a Remington 870 will shoot more shots faster and kill more ducks than the finest Purdey engraved by Phil Coggan.;)
  8. Roger Bleile

    This happen to anybody else?

    When my brother and I used to work local gun shows, we called the situation you described "the black hole." Somehow these folks who were all tuned up to get some engraving fell into a black hole before they got to us. My guess is that after they heard the price for hand engraving they were too...
  9. Roger Bleile

    Happy new year 2019

    Happy New Year and best wishes to your family.
  10. Roger Bleile

    Las Vegas

    I believe that Ifan Tsu, from China is doing a class on lettering at the FEGA seminars.
  11. Roger Bleile

    Hand Engraving Carrying on a Fathers Traditionv

    Patrick, I'm going to send you a private message.
  12. Roger Bleile

    Hand Engraving Carrying on a Fathers Traditionv

    Was your father Bob Valade?
  13. Roger Bleile

    Cabot 1911

    Cabot Guns always displays Otto's latest guns at the NRA convention. The next one is in April in Indianapolis.
  14. Roger Bleile

    The Art of Engraving is Coming Back

    That article reminds me of the first gun I engraved. It belonged to a fellow deputy sheriff and he knew I was a beginner. Though I was engraving it for free, I still took it very seriously. Before making the first cut, I must have picked up my hammer and chisel half a dozen times then found an...
  15. Roger Bleile

    Question: How to call this style of engraving?

    Abstract ornamental design.
  16. Roger Bleile

    Article on Alain Lovenberg

    It says that I have to subscribe to the Financial Times to read it.
  17. Roger Bleile

    Any mistake can be fixed

    Slips, fly-outs, and other errors are why it is not recommended to cut through a finish such as plating, anodizing, or bluing. If you do cut through a finish, the only recourse is to change the design.
  18. Roger Bleile

    Help, please: Who engraved this model 71?

    JJ, Emma Achleitner was from Austria. While German and Austrian work is similar there are subtle differences.
  19. Roger Bleile

    Help, please: Who engraved this model 71?

    This rifle was engraved by a Japanese engraver using German style scroll. Over the years I have seen many guns that were engraved in Japan for occupation troops or by Japanese engravers who came to the US on work visas. While the scroll on this gun looks German at first blush, there are several...
  20. Roger Bleile

    has any one ever built a air engraver

    The Murphy machine is unique in that it operates the handpiece via a reciprocating Bowden cable. Not having handled the machine myself, I'm not sure if the cable makes the graver reciprocate or if the cable is attached to a piston that strikes the graver. Perhaps J.J. knows as he has seen the...

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