1921 engraver's signature?
- Thread starter Coz
- Start date
Roger Bleile
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
I searched all my files and found nothing like that. Can we see the rest of the gun please?
Roger thank you for looking. Happy to hear any and all speculation.
Signature was under the ejector rod housing like a modern engraver might do.
Has yet to be lettered. Archives won't open again till the Jan 4th. These are know factory engraved Colts.
333764 1916
335589 1917
335711 1917
This is the gun in question 344476 was shipped in 1922
Back story. Colt came from an old Collection out of Texas just recently. Came back on the market after 80 years from 2nd owner. Or as the the story goes. Gun was likely in California and Wyoming originally. Assumed the 1st owner died in 1933.
Grip screw in the pearl
Signature was under the ejector rod housing like a modern engraver might do.
Has yet to be lettered. Archives won't open again till the Jan 4th. These are know factory engraved Colts.
333764 1916
335589 1917
335711 1917
This is the gun in question 344476 was shipped in 1922
Back story. Colt came from an old Collection out of Texas just recently. Came back on the market after 80 years from 2nd owner. Or as the the story goes. Gun was likely in California and Wyoming originally. Assumed the 1st owner died in 1933.
Grip screw in the pearl
Roger Bleile
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Whoever engraved your Colt did a pretty good job of working in the style of Cuno Helfricht. I can only tell so much from the photos but when I blow them up as much as possible I see that there is a complete lack of progression marks in areas where the cuts are flared. This leads me to think that the engraving was done with a pneumatic assisted graver. Also, Colt factory work of the pre-WWII period is invariably never signed. One further point is that Hlefricht used a parallel line graver within the leaves of the scrollwork which is absent in this example.
Though Helfricht retired in 1921, his successor, Wilbur Glahn started at Colt in 1919. The style of this gun does not fit with Glahn's work.
It will be interesting to see what your forthcoming factory letter indicates.
Though Helfricht retired in 1921, his successor, Wilbur Glahn started at Colt in 1919. The style of this gun does not fit with Glahn's work.
It will be interesting to see what your forthcoming factory letter indicates.
Thank you Sir. I appreciate you making the effort to comment.
I totally agree..."Colt factory work of the pre-WWII period is invariably never signed. One further point is that Helfricht used a parallel line graver within the leaves of the scrollwork which is absent in this example."
Can't imagine Glahn ever mimicking Helfricht's older style art work.
I totally agree..."Colt factory work of the pre-WWII period is invariably never signed. One further point is that Helfricht used a parallel line graver within the leaves of the scrollwork which is absent in this example."
Can't imagine Glahn ever mimicking Helfricht's older style art work.
Sponsors
