acorn
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I'm new to the forum. I'm no longer an engraver but I did engrave from 1982-1996. I attended the Bottega di Giovanelli in '84 and '85 and was the second American to go through the program. Joseph was the first, then Kurt Horvath after me.
In '96, while working at a machine shop, I got my hand a little to close to my automatic screw machine and lost the end of my thumb. When I finally healed up I realized I could no longer do bulino. No feeling in what's left of the thumb. Heck, I have problems now trying to get a nut started on a bolt. The old saying "he's all thumbs" is backwards. "He's all fingers would be a more appropriate saying"...for my condition at least.
I guess I came here for nostalgia and to see what some of the new crop of engravers are doing. Also, I have a few pics of my past engraving jobs I'd like to share. Here are a couple. The Browning .22 is a copy of a Grade3 with the coin finish. I inlaid the animals and birds in gold and blued it instead. I even copied the statue looking, Felix Funken style dogs and birds. Homer Tyler, author of the book on these .22's, saw this rifle and commissioned me to do one identical for him, which I did. Photos were taken with a film camera. Am I dating myself?? Gary
In '96, while working at a machine shop, I got my hand a little to close to my automatic screw machine and lost the end of my thumb. When I finally healed up I realized I could no longer do bulino. No feeling in what's left of the thumb. Heck, I have problems now trying to get a nut started on a bolt. The old saying "he's all thumbs" is backwards. "He's all fingers would be a more appropriate saying"...for my condition at least.
I guess I came here for nostalgia and to see what some of the new crop of engravers are doing. Also, I have a few pics of my past engraving jobs I'd like to share. Here are a couple. The Browning .22 is a copy of a Grade3 with the coin finish. I inlaid the animals and birds in gold and blued it instead. I even copied the statue looking, Felix Funken style dogs and birds. Homer Tyler, author of the book on these .22's, saw this rifle and commissioned me to do one identical for him, which I did. Photos were taken with a film camera. Am I dating myself?? Gary