The guns are bought, then either the customer askes the makers to get them engraved or asks the makers to arrange for a specific engraver to engrave them, or he goes straight to the engraver which was the case with these eight.I'm going to ask a silly question. Are these guns bought off the shelf "retail store" and then sent for engraving or does a customer go to a gun maker "Purdy" etc and request to have it engraved. The gun maker sends it to the engraver. it is then hardened and assembled by the gun maker and given to their customer.
This kind of engraving I'll love to aspire to but since there's no gun makers in Ireland would there really be any point it taking the time to concentrate on this sort of engraving.
Another silly question do gun makers sell spare parts, ie side plates etc for practicing on. just a later thought
The guns are bought, then either the customer askes the makers to get them engraved or asks the makers to arrange for a specific engraver to engrave them, or he goes straight to the engraver which was the case with these eight.
Gunmakers don't usually supply side plates to practice on.
Phil
Cheers Phil,
So you're engraving the finished product, no hardening afterwards
I just hear the American engravers go on previously about case hardening guns after engraving etc, sure that has to be an art in itself.