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1890 AH Fine Engraving - How did they do this?

02-18-2013, 04:18 PM

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1890 AH Fine Engraving - How did they do this?

I need to thin out the gun safe and I had thought about parting with this AH which was made in 1890. I mounted the trusty Nikon with a 60mm Micro lens on a tripod and got to work. The photos produced proved to me the err in my thinking. I decided that I had better keep this Parker.

I thought that I’d share with my distant Parker brothers why this is one to hang on to. Take a look at the fine engraving. Some of these dogs are less than 1/8 inch in height! How did anyone engrave subjects that small?

Let's start on the left side of the receiver,

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	AH 59_006.JPG (360.7 KB, 25 views)
	AH 59_006 - Copy.JPG (279.3 KB, 16 views)
	AH 59_006 - Copy - Copy.JPG (409.4 KB, 17 views)
	AH 59_006 - Copy - Copy - Copy.JPG (424.8 KB, 14 views)
	AH 59_006 - Copy - Copy (2).JPG (372.5 KB, 18 views)

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