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Smoke Over Hartford
Signed Smoke Over Hartford Poster $14.95

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Signed Liberty 100 Poster $14.95

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Firearms engraving is a traditional art form that expresses our desire to decorate objects of importance.
The elaborate embellishments on these guns are done by hand with surprisingly simple tools and lots of time.
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Picture Archive

S33582A Colt Single Action
Liberty 100 Colt
Cowboys and Indians
GAS1 Tiffany & Co. designed Colt SAA
CT Shotgun .410 over & under
Four matched Colts with fancy case
Walther Polo PPK
Tiffany Dragoon
Custom made .22 rifle
Colt 1851 Navy percussion revolver with Spirit of 76 motif
Statehood Limited Edition Colt Dragoon
FG82192 Colt Series 70 Government Model
83066SA Second Generation Colt SAA silver plated
Tombstone Colt SAA with Shootout at the OK Corral motif
Smoke Over Hartford Colt SAA with lots of gold and silver
Engraving pulls

These guns are being engraved now.

S28889A
S2888A Colt SAA with screwless frame and reconfigured gripstrap
Old Sparky
A Colt Noark switchbox case for an Old Sparky Dick Special
AHF5813
S&W Model 29 gold inlaid with ebony grips
B39361
Colt Detective Special

How It's Done


Inlaying a raised gold and silver Colt Dome

Gold inlaying a factory rollmark

3 pictures of work on Liberty 100

Lots of pictures showing how to inlay gold

5 pictures of scrollwork engraving

7 pictures of scrollwork engraving

Liberty 100 Colt SAA

















Cowboys and Indians











































































































GAS1 Tiffany designed Colt SAA pair







Four fancy Colts in a Marvin Huey Case







Colt Dragoon with Remington & Catlin Painting motif













Custom .22 rifle with a squirrel sculpted in steel









Colt 1851 Navy percussion revolver with Spirit of 76 motif in gold









Colt Limited Edition Statehood Dragoon prototype









Colt SAA with Rampant Colt Logo motif and lots of gold













































































































Silver plated Colt Series 70 Government Model .45 auto



































Second Generation SAA silver plated in ebony case





































Shootout at the OK Corral on a Colt SAA























Smoke Over Hartford SAA with hideaway eagle bullets

























Walther PPK with a polo motif











Colt SAA with screwless frame, probably an Annie Oakley motif







Sing Sing´s Old Sparky motif on a Dick Special cased in a Colt electric box







S&W .44 magnum Model 29 with gold











































































CT Shotgun .410 over & under











How to inlay a raised gold and silver Colt Dome



































How to inlay a factory rollmark with gold

































Engraving pulls

































































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*  See two of my guns in the Museum of the American West's "Pistols Dazzling Firearms" exhibit at the Stark Museum of Art in Orange, TX June 20 - Oct. 24, 2009.
*  New pictures of Smith and Wesson Model 29 in progress - posted May 25, 2009.
*  Liberty 100 fetches $97,750 at April/May 2005 Rock Island Auction. Listing is 8th from bottom of page.
*  An excellent article on Gun Engraving by Jim Supica
© 2009 Leonard Francolini, Santa Fe, NM phone 505-3630185