Favorite scene engraving - Page 3

Setter Man · 12-01-2020, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jefferyconnor

My Lefever EE has nice engraving and the engineering and frame sculpturing design are the best. It's my favorite gun and the last one I'll part with. Yet I believe the Baker has better engraving, livelier and the figures and scene aren't restrained by an oval.

There seems to be a consensus who did the best engraving for LeFever, who was it?

Researcher · 12-01-2020, 11:50 AM

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Lefevers and LC Smiths lead the pack in engraving.

Can only buy into half of that statement!!

Double Play · 12-01-2020, 12:16 PM

I love these threads that show different engraving styles and agree the Lefever's had some of the best dog scenes of any American maker. I have shown this gun before but for those that may have missed it this CHE had one of my all time favorite deep relief scenes. The sides were cut in the same deep fashion.

Dean Romig · 12-01-2020, 12:22 PM

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Researcher · 12-01-2020, 12:27 PM

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There seems to be a consensus who did the best engraving for LeFever, who was it?

Being in Syracuse, New York, a lot of the Lefever engraving was likely done by Spangler and members of the Glahn family.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...ighlight=Glahn

Randy Roberts · 12-01-2020, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Larry Frey

I love these threads that show different engraving styles and agree the Lefever's had some of the best dog scenes of any American maker. I have shown this gun before but for those that may have missed it this CHE had one of my all time favorite deep relief scenes. The sides were cut in the same deep fashion.

Oh my Larry, that is spectacular !

James Brown · 12-01-2020, 01:16 PM

I think this one is nice. Jbrown

Dean Romig · 12-01-2020, 01:32 PM

.410 James?

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Setter Man · 12-01-2020, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jefferyconnor

Beautiful engraving! Are the dogs full relief? Or cut in as line drawings?

jeffery c · 12-01-2020, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by James Brown

I think this one is nice. Jbrown

Wow, that is nice!

Does anyone know what was the equivalent Parker and Lefever grade compared to a Crown LC Smith in cost in 1915 or so? I remember seeing a chart on the Baker website at one time that showed all the classic maker's original cost by grade in a chart.