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Gun Pornorgraphy at its finest!
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"Screaming" 27-2 - Beautiful Gun with Outstanding Engraving
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fat tom
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Though not my favorite of those in your remarkable collection,I can certainly understand how that one would get your attention. Very impressive!
f.t.
f.t.
vinny77
US Veteran
Incredible detail...A masters touch!
OLDSTER
Member
Outstanding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Engraving
Amazing craftsmanship on the metal working. A true piece of art from a master engraver. All of it presented so well with your excellent camera work. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing craftsmanship on the metal working. A true piece of art from a master engraver. All of it presented so well with your excellent camera work. Thanks for sharing.
ohioseabee
US Veteran
OMG! I get overwhelmed just trying to take in all of the detail. I can't think of a superlative adjective that describes it.
357-RevolverGuy
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You've got an incredible piece there. Is the checkering on the top strap intact or was it also engraved?
shottist
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Way too much of a good thing
On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give it a 17!!!
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I wondered the same thing. I have this vision of an engravers bench with mounds of steel chips piling up on the floor around him.
Simple, weigh it against a standard 6" model 27, add two (?) ounces for the smaller stocks, and there's your answer
.Usually engraved guns don't speak to me at all, but this one is simply amazing. Do you have any idea as to the original owner, or more properly who commissioned this work of art?
2ndAmendmentNut
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A true work of art!
I have never seen engraving such as this, complete coverage of the gun and so skillfully engraved.
Beautiful.
Beautiful.
The checkering was not touched by the engraver. However, I noticed that I did not shoot a photo of the muzzle of the revolver, the face of which (along with the front face of the front sight) is engraved with a pattern. The only area of the revolver not engraved is the face and flutes of the cylinder.
Amazing. Stunning. Delightful!!!!
Shooter6br
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Not to expensive......
Is not that engraved Smiths are too expensive ...just too ornate for my tastes....... LOL BEAUTIFUL
Is not that engraved Smiths are too expensive ...just too ornate for my tastes....... LOL BEAUTIFUL
The lettering is "R VASCO INC". It is the engraver's mark for Revera Vasco. From what I can find on the web, Vasco was an independent Italian engraver who mainly engraved Italian made high grade shotguns. I'm sure that someone out there on the forum knows more about Mr. Vasco, which I would love to hear.
I don't know anthing more specific than what the factory letter said. I do know that J.L. Galef Co. (where this revolver was shipped) was an importer of Italian and European shotguns (I think that I read that they closed shop in the early 1980's). I am guessing that they had a customer (or one of the Galef owners/employees) that wanted an engraved S&W 357 to go with an engraved shotgun, so off it went to Gardone, Italy where Mr. Vasco gave it "the works".
I have seen multiple S&W's engraved by Vasco and all of them are marked in the same way (large block letters) and in the same location. No matter the pattern, I recall each of the Vasco engraved revolvers prominently feature the use of flowers.
My thoughts/observations,
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Beautiful work!.
They call that technique 'cesello' over there (I may have the spelling wrong.
Both the technique and the small tools , think tiny shaped punches,,used to form the raised surfaces take on that name.
Instead of removing more metal besides the lowered background surfaces to gain relief qualitys to the work,,the punches are used to shape the steel and form it and even raise edges into shape.
Small details are added with single and multiple line tools to finish up as well as going back over and recutting the features to clean up any edge lines needing smoothing out.
The scarce areas left in a smooth high polish like the cylinder flutes and other small details within the pattern itself only add to the contrast.
It's a lot of work as any relief engraving is, but the results when well done are obviously spectacular.
The 'INC' after the name is abbreviation for 'Incision' (engrave(r). Again I might not have the right spelling there. I have problems enough w/English.
From an engravers reference I have (1980):
Revera Vasco was born in Gardone ValTrompia in 1939.
At that time ('80), resided in Marone, Brescia
I get the idea he stayed freelanse, did a lot of work for A&S (Abbiatico & Salvinelli) as as well as other small out put/high grade makers in that area.
They call that technique 'cesello' over there (I may have the spelling wrong.
Both the technique and the small tools , think tiny shaped punches,,used to form the raised surfaces take on that name.
Instead of removing more metal besides the lowered background surfaces to gain relief qualitys to the work,,the punches are used to shape the steel and form it and even raise edges into shape.
Small details are added with single and multiple line tools to finish up as well as going back over and recutting the features to clean up any edge lines needing smoothing out.
The scarce areas left in a smooth high polish like the cylinder flutes and other small details within the pattern itself only add to the contrast.
It's a lot of work as any relief engraving is, but the results when well done are obviously spectacular.
The 'INC' after the name is abbreviation for 'Incision' (engrave(r). Again I might not have the right spelling there. I have problems enough w/English.
From an engravers reference I have (1980):
Revera Vasco was born in Gardone ValTrompia in 1939.
At that time ('80), resided in Marone, Brescia
I get the idea he stayed freelanse, did a lot of work for A&S (Abbiatico & Salvinelli) as as well as other small out put/high grade makers in that area.
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ajgunner
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I have a brand new dremmel and a bunch bits---anyone want to donate a fine S&W pistol for me to try to replicate the scratches on this one???
