Engraving Examples

take-down · Nov 8, 2016

Found these examples of engraving
the Dodge Brothers Savage 1899's
Both on or have been on Auction sites

http://jamesdjulia.com/item/lot-100...ed-stock-for-auto-magnate-john-f-dodge-44809/

http://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/ra...99-takedown-rifle-made-for-john-f-dodge-69069

Hopefully some of the more knowledgeable people on this forum may know more about the engraving and engraver
Cheers

JJ Roberts · Nov 8, 2016

take-down,I gooled Savage engravers and only found two engravers Joe Fugger & John Madole the only one who now is a gentleman by the name of Douglas P. Murray who wrote a book on the Savage model 99 I meet Doug at a gun show in Newberg N.Y. he had a beautiful display of Savage 99's on his table.Doug passed away but his widow still sells reprints of his book. J.J.

take-down · Nov 8, 2016

Thanks JJ
But were they done by them
Yes I have Doug Murray's book 2 of them as 1 is in tatters from reference use
I have a collection of 99's
But in New Zealand you don't get the same quality as the states because hunting is all year no seasons
So they are used like a tool

Roger Bleile · Nov 8, 2016

The engraving and inlay was designed by Enoch Tue, who was Savage's chief engraver at the time the guns were made. Not much is known of Tue but I believe that he was a German immigrant, as were most gun engravers in America at the time.

Joe Fugger was an Austrian trained engraver a generation removed from the time of Tue. He originally worked for Rudolph Kornbrath in the 1940s and later for Griffin & Howe. The late John Madole was a freelance engraver a generation, in time, removed from Fugger.

JJ Roberts · Nov 8, 2016

take-down,That a nice collection of Savage 99's is that display at a gun show?,I have a 99 in 303 take down. J.J.

take-down · Nov 9, 2016

Thanks Roger
I had a handle on that
Interesting that you say designed by, as a savage collector I have seen pictures of Tue's work
But wonder if he designed and engraved these but somebody else had a hand in some of the others
It may be the quality of different photos but to my untrained eye I feel there is supple differences
Many thanks

take-down · Nov 9, 2016

JJ
Yes at a local Antique Arms show down here
Just a hobby to keep me off the streets and out of the pubs
Cheers

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