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.
Stamps by Czeslaw Slania
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Donny
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I really like these!!! I wonder how long it took to finsh just one stamp? I also wonder did/do they use microscopes?
Donny
Donny
beautiful line engraving
Sam,amazing line engraving,and all done with hand graver with no heel.Is there a stamp of Two Ton Galento?he did knock down Joe Lewis.
J.J.
Sam,amazing line engraving,and all done with hand graver with no heel.Is there a stamp of Two Ton Galento?he did knock down Joe Lewis.
J.J.
Arnaud Van Tilburgh
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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:
This reminds me Mario Sarto engraving a stamp of the Blue Lady. http://www.engraverscafe.com/showthread.php?6214-A-philatelist-s-must-have&highlight=blue+lady
arnaud
At least I wasn't ever asked to engrave a Euro stamp, sure even I could have done a nicer one. :justkidding:
This reminds me Mario Sarto engraving a stamp of the Blue Lady. http://www.engraverscafe.com/showthread.php?6214-A-philatelist-s-must-have&highlight=blue+lady
arnaud
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Glad you like them. Here are a few more.
Arnaud: I'm sure you can do it. It's similar to the elephant you engraved awhile back.
Arnaud: I'm sure you can do it. It's similar to the elephant you engraved awhile back.
Dani Girl
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With the African boxer, ... has anyone seen a stamp done in Bolino before?
Willem Parel
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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)
Keirkof
Member
I'm wondering if the checkered backgrounds are done by hand, too... They probably are... :bow:
Marrinan
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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
mdengraver
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Love the Jack Johnson engraving. Nice examples of cross-hatching.
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