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Originally Posted by Harry Gietler
Yes. He worked for G&R at that time .Ithaca put out their engraving by bid. The owner of the gun shop was lowest bidder and got the contract.The knive part of G&R was called Heritage Knives and Bill did the engraveing on them. Harry
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Bill died relatively recently. The official biography by his family is an interesting read. Google his name.
It is my understanding he also did the work on the later Ithaca double revival. He was a fixture on the trapshooting circuit and best known there. He had a trailer equipped for engraving and did onsite work at shoots. One of his specialties was custom grip caps which he could turn out quickly. He was trained as a goldsmith and often included it with his engraving. I have a very early Beretta S2 I purchased from a member here that had very nice and tasteful gold work added to the original engraving pattern to enhance it. The rest of the gun was refurbished. It is stunning work and one of the best handling game guns I have ever used.