Who engrave these?

Artemiss · May 21, 2011

Just saw this link on another forum, and it made me ponder...

http://auctions.holtsauctioneers.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=A1054+++1145+&refno=&image=0

Does anyone know anything about Blaser engravers?
Some folks are saying wow, whilst others... aren't!

Any knowledge out there?

Jo

Roger Bleile · May 21, 2011

Jo,

Blaser sends their guns out to numerous engravers in Germany and Austria. I can't tell who did the gun pictured on Holt's site but the engravers who have worked on Blasers are like a who's who of Germanic engraving including Martin Strolz and Gergor Stogner.

Cheers,

Roger

DakotaDocMartin · May 21, 2011

Gold inlay with case color...

I like that combination of case color with the gold inlay. I didn't know that the gold could withstand those high temperatures and stay in place. Interesting!

Artemiss · May 21, 2011

Thanks for your comments guys.
Good point on the case hardening.

Roger Bleile · May 21, 2011

Many guns have been color case hardened with gold inlay. Sometimes people think that because pure gold is soft that it melts at a low temp. like lead. Gold melts at 1064.43 Â°C, 1947.9741 Â°F.

RB

Artemiss · May 23, 2011

Roger Bleile said:
people think that because pure gold is soft that it melts at a low temp. like lead. Gold melts at 1064.43 Â°C, 1947.9741 Â°F.

Yep, I was one of those people! I am now better informed, so thank you.

Jo

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