Italian engravers

[RT Bit and Spur]

I will be going to Italy next May. Where in Italy is the street where all the gun engravers work.
Rod

 

[atexascowboy2011]

Rod,
Go to Chris Decamillus's Web site.
Then click on his Italian tour 2013.
It tells of the places he took his people to.

Another person to contact would be Barry Hands.
He's traveled the Seven Seas as well as Italy.

 

[Sam]

Brescia, Gardone Val Trompia

 

[Roger Bleile]

There is no one street on which all or even most engravers work in Gardone, V.T. Most of them work in private homes and studios scattered around the valley. Additionally, very few of the best known engravers speak English. Two exceptions that come to mind are Stefano Pedretti and Dario Cortini, who is the master of the Bottega Cesare Giovanelli engraving school and studio. The address of the school is: 43 Via X Giornate, Gardone Val Trompia, BS 25063.

 

[Brian Marshall]

Roger,

Thought I read somewhere that the Giovanelli school had closed?


Brian

 

[Roger Bleile]

Roger,

Thought I read somewhere that the Giovanelli school had closed?


Brian

Not to my knowledge.

 

[JJ Roberts]

Mario Abbiatico said in his book Modern Firearm Engravings you could hear the tapping of the hammers coming from the homes of the engraver while walking the cobble stone streets. J.J.

 

[Brian Marshall]

Ah, I remember now, it came from a student - but I think he was in Brescia at the time. I'll check...

B.

 

[Brian Marshall]

<"Mario Abbiatico said in his book Modern Firearm Engravings you could hear the tapping of the hammers coming from the homes of the engraver while walking the cobble stone streets. J.J.">


Hmmm, all sitting in rows behind north facing windows?


B.

 

[Haraga.com]

How does it affect their production when these foreigners stop in for a visit? Are they glad to see you or are they ****ed because the visiting interrupted their work?

 

[JJ Roberts]

Lenny,When visiting an engraver in Italy I would go with a bottle of wine and cheese. J.J.

 

[Haraga.com]

JJ I would agree.

 

[FANCYGUN]

YUP Some good Napa Valley wine and some Vermont Cheddar cheese should work just fine JJ

 

[Roger Bleile]

Mario Abbiatico's comment about hearing hammers tapping as you walk down the street is a romantic fiction. Mario wrote in florid prose.

Everyone that I met was very hospitable. That said, Elena Michelli-Lamboy had set up prearranged appointments for us. I was traveling with Scott Pilkington and publisher, S. P. Fjestead, who has given these Italian engravers lots of ink. We were working on the Mario Terzi book at the time.

 

[Mike Fennell]

I was there about a week after Roger. Elena and Chris can open a lot of doors, including the door to the Beretta Museum.

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

Today, the best place to casually meet the best of the italian engravers is saturday morning at the Milan knife show in November.
Last year there were both Fracassis, Pedersoli, Torcoli and Simone Fezzardi, and a couple others.
And of course at times they are busy with knifemakers, and you should respect that, most of the time they are standing about chatting.
If you dont speak italian, there are some freelance interpreters available sometimes in the room for hire.
If you want introductions, a proffesional way might be to contact Elena Michele Lamboy, as she knows everyone.
This year i believe the Milan knife show is around nov 28-29. I will be in milan from nov 22-30 to see my knife collecting buddies, and its a good excuse to christmas shop on Via Montenapoleone.

 

[Phil Coggan]

Mario Abbiatico's comment about hearing hammers tapping as you walk down the street is a romantic fiction. Mario wrote in florid prose.

When I walked through the backstreets in 1984, I could indeed hear that tapping that he mentioned

Phil

 

[Roger Bleile]

When I walked through the backstreets in 1984, I could indeed hear that tapping that he mentioned

Phil

I stand corrected. Apparently things had changed by 2011.

 

[Phil Coggan]

Everything changes Roger sometimes not for the better

Phil