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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.
The elaborate embellishments on these guns are done by hand with surprisingly simple tools and lots of time.
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DHG1 Colt Single Action
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.
S2888A Colt SAA with screwless frame and reconfigured gripstrap
A Colt Noark switchbox case for an Old Sparky Dick Special
S&W Model 29 gold inlaid with ebony grips
Colt Detective Special
How It's Done
Lots of pictures of work in progress
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
DHG1 Colt SAA
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
The "Vampire Killer" Colt Detective Special is at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax Virginia. Here is a direct link to it on their website..
See a YouTube video of Phil Schreier, Senior Curator of the NRA Museum talking about the New Robert E. Petersen Gallery and the Vampire Gun.