A Tribute to Ken Hunt

[Marcus Hunt]

Just in case anyone is interested, my nephew just sent me a You Tube link to the short film that the Hand Engravers Association of Gt. Britain made as a tribute to my father and in recognition of his contribution to the world of hand engraving. You can find the link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWFOAUysndo

 

[BES]

Hi Marcus!

Hi Marcus!

Excellent Video!
Good reading The Master and the Wizard and the people's opinion!

Marcus You can be proud of in this Life!
You have a Great Father!
And I'm sure Your Father is proud of You!

You both have something to say and something to show People!

Unlike blown film stars and showbiz stars who appear quickly and fade quickly, because in their hearts there is no Spark of God!

Your Father is a Spark of God!

Thank you for the excellent link

 

[Mike Bissell]

Thank you for the link, very nice film.

 

[DakotaDocMartin]

That's a darned nice video of your dad Marcus. :thumbs up: Thanks for sharing it with us. I sent it out to about 30 of my buddies too. :big grin:

 

[AndrosCreations]

That was very cool... I enjoyed that very much!

Thanks Marcus

 

[BrianPowley]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Cloudy]

Boy, do you ever look like your Dad! Neat video- awesome work!

 

[txtwang]

What a touching tribute. I'm sure you're as proud of your Dad as he is of you...
Thanks for posting this
Jerry

 

[rod]

Marcus,

I was quite moved, watching this video, it took you to the heart of the man in a straightforward and elegant manner, and evoked memories of cracking jokes with you and your dad over dinner in Kansas, later swapping songs ( you sang "Streets of London")as he sketched rapidly in his commonplace book, capturing fast yet accurate images of us all. Through the day, at that GM weekend, he was an open book, happy to do little demonstrations for any who had a question, come one come all, and mostly push graving english scroll on steel, freehand.

Are you coming to Reno? I could throw a spare mandolin in my van... , although I am torn, as there is a very big concert next weekend at the Royal Academy of Music, London, in memory of the Viscount St Davids. I made him twenty one flutes over the years, and two ivory ones will be played by world class artists, plus singers from Convent Gardens. Should really go over to be there in London, but will probably not, and instead sing Country and Western in Reno.

best

Rod

 

[Phil Coggan]

Here's a few more pictures that are not on my thread "A tribute to Ken" posted about six months ago.

Phil

 

[Tim Wells]

Mighty nice piece, the love your parents share was worth the making of the video alone. The engraving was the icing on the cake.

 

[capece rocco]

hello Marcus
your father is the best engraver in the world ,why we don't find a book with his work ?
bye Rocco

 

[Peter E]

EXCELLENT video. Looks like an enchanting home your family has Marcus.

There are a few of Ken's guns in "Steel Canvas" by R.L. Wilson I had long admired, and there are more in "British Gun Engraving" by Tate.

I would love to have an entire book featuring Ken Hunt!

 

[gtsport]

I can't think of anything else to say but Wow. Just another example of how the engraving field is populated with real people. Thanks for posting.

Joe Paonessa

 

[Keith]

Great video.

 

[bronc]

I watched it twice. What a nice and well deserved tribute. Marcus, thanks for sharing that with us.

Stewart

 

[JJ Roberts]

Marcus,Thanks for sharing the video of the tribute to your father,my first introdution of your fathers beautiful engraving was in the Modern Firearm Engraving by Mario Abbiatico.I thought that was quite a tribute being the only one in the book not Italian.J.J.

 

[Artemiss]

Ha, I was just trolling through youtube, searching for engraving bits and pieces and came across the same video. I was going to post a link here but found I was a tad late!

You are definitely your father's son Marcus. Fantastic video!

All the best,

Jo

 

[ddushane]

Marcus, thank you for posting the link. I really enjoyed watching it, Your father seems like a gem of a man. Beautiful work. Like someone else posted, I wish there was a book of his work.

Dwayne