The late Czeslaw Slania was one of the most prolific banknote and stamp engravers, and he's one of my personal favorites. I've always been fascinated with this style of engraving. His work is nothing less than spectacular.
They look great Sam, in those days sure engravers could spend some hours or weeks to finish a job, and there was a lot of jobs to do. Probably no one of us ever made a stamp for that purpose.
At least I wasn't ever asked to engrave a Euro stamp, sure even I could have done a nicer one. :justkidding:
Incredible, indeed nice to study, for example how he achieved the high lights on the gloves, you hardly cant find the reason why it's so shiny on that spot. ( thinner and thicker lines I think)
I thank you for the stamps Sam. They are truly amazing work. I know that bank note engravers had a lot of specialized tools. Small rollers that cut the dashed lines for example. Special liners designed to cut the perfect parallel lines in the backgrounds etc. In all the tool catalogs I have looked through from all the US and foreign manufactures of engravers tools the US manufactures have four basic shapes, the foreign have seven or eight basic shapes. I have never identified bank note specialized tools. Maybe some of the tools ignored by American engravers because they have points like a square should be explored. I think I will spend a few dollars and get some of the other shaped tools and see what I can make them do. I have always been curious what the oval or diamond shaped tools would do that what I currently have on the bench will not. Fred