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08-24-2007, 02:15 PM
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Scott..Roy Vail, Ron Nott, John E. Warren...Keep up the good work.
JJ Roberts Manassas, VA 
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08-24-2007, 02:42 PM
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Having seen and admired his work for a long time I would nominate
Amayak Stepanyan
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08-24-2007, 05:12 PM
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Scott, you accedently left out Ken Hunt and the Brown brothers.
Also Barry Lee Hands. Sorry Scott.....You did have the Brown brothers..... my old brain getting rusty. ADD:- Rosa Bee, fantastic scroll, Angelo's sister, Belgium & USA. Horaco Acevendo of Mexico. George B Spring. Gino Cargnel, Belgium & USA. Bill Mains. Leonard Francolini. Last edited by John B.; 08-24-2007 at 08:58 PM. Reason: Revise Brown brothers an add some.
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08-24-2007, 06:39 PM
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Couple more "old timers"
 J.C. Randell, and Joseph... There is one that probably no one outside of California & Nevada ever heard of - Francis Harry. He was a huge influence on me. If you wanna start another list of amazing "Up and Coming" talent, start with Jason Marchiafava (sp?), Brian Hochstrat, Andrew Biggs, and Jaques Herbst. I'm sure there will be more that fit this category... those are just the first ones that came to mind. Brian Marshall
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08-24-2007, 06:45 PM
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Couple more... Benno Heune, and Heinar Tamme.
B.
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08-24-2007, 10:09 PM
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Tiz Possobon hope I spelled it right
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#18
08-25-2007, 08:08 AM
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Okay, here is an update list to examine but first some thoughts on the names. I think at this point the list for American gun and knife engravers is probably 99% complete. I am sure there are American engravers from other disciplines such as Western work, coin carvers, musical instruments or bike engraving that are worthy of addition. For sure there are those gun engravers from other countries who should be added. Ya’ll keep those names coming in.
Yes there are some names not on the list that have been suggested. In my opinion, I did’nt think they met the criteria of making a major impact on the engraving world. Maybe they will have in another 10 years, time will tell. It’s really easy to say who those people are from 50 years back and onward. Time has a woven a distinct record of who is now noteworthy. Some are kindo of iffy from a few years back. Take Frank Lindsay for example. Never to my knowledge a fulltime engraver, yet he did some gun work, good for its day, and that earned him a mention in Prudhomme’s Gun Engraving Review. That alone is not worthy of inclusion in the list and certainly his name is not that well known today as an engraver. But when you mix in his connections with names like Meek, Rohner and McKenzie, and of then of course his son Steve, I think the dots connected are worthy of mention. It’s even harder with contemporary engravers. Which ones are truly noteworthy versus those who are just worthy engravers? There are some super engravers not on the list. They do great work but in obscurity, either for their amusement alone or for close geographic cliental. Nothing wrong with that, but most people in the engraving world are never going to hear of them or have any reason to know them. One those in this category is Bob Finlay , whom most people have never heard of outside of a 50 mile radius of Emporia, Kansas. He does fantastic deep relief sculpture for his own enjoyment and auctions it off to benefit local charities. Very little outside mention of his engraving work has been made yet he was the inventor of a number of tools made by GRS that we all have on our benches. That gets him included On the other hand, there are people on the list whose execution I consider not much better than beginning level. But they created a style that was easily recognized and were able to market their work in a manner that they had a large clientele for their efforts. That large client base makes them noteworthy. There are people I don’t like on the list but regardless of my personality conflicts with them, I still recognize and respect the fame that they have in the engraving community. Many factory engravers could be included, but most of them are unknown to us as a whole. Obviously there are some factory engravers, who rose to the top or for whatever reason got more publicity than their fellows and have become household names at the engraver’s dining room table and thus they are included. Some engravers, who did’nt have a large customer base and whose work was passable but not exceptional, are on the list because they were teachers or authors and touched a lot of up and coming engravers. I’m thinking of Benno Heune here. He was very kind to me back in early days of my FEGA show attendance. Other folks I can remember from early days at FEGA shows, who I looked up to and whose work I considered top notch then and still today, are not on the list because they did’nt stick with it enough to stay in the public eye and have no real name recognition today twenty years later. If you think someone is worthy that’s not included, drop me a note and tell me what I’m missing about that person. I’m a reasonable guy, if I still don’t see it, then I’ll ask a few other engravers who have been around the block a time or two and see what they think before I say no. A.A. White Engravers Horaco Acevendo Steve Adams Cole Agee Sam Alfano John Amber Andreas Amthor ohio-ron banjo guy John Barraclough Wesley Bates Angelo Bee Rosa Bee Black Hills Gold Jim Blair Gary Blanchard Roger Bleile Eric Boessler Ralph Bone Richard Boucher Paul Brown Allen Brown Gino Cargnel Joyce Carroll Fred Carter Winston Churchill Phil Coggan Michael Collins Ray Cover Creative Art Chris DeCamillus Ren'e Delcour Stanley Diefenthal Hans Doessel Gustave Dor'e Mike Dubber Terry Dueget Albrecht Dürer E.S. Rick Eaton Bob Evans Bob Findley Cecile Flohimont Firmo Fracassi Franchesca Fracassi Leonard Fracolini Heinrich Frank Josef Fugger Felix Funken Bill Gamradt Tim George Bottega Giovanelli Don Glaser D.J. Glaser Glendo Corp. Eric Gold Manny Gonzales Dan Goodwin Arnold Griebel Lee Griffiths Phillipe Grifnee GRS Bryson Gwinnell Paul Hamler Barry Lee Hands Fred Harrington Frederic Harrison Neil Hartliep Frank Hendricks Tim Herman Tim Herman Benno Heune Yoshikazu Hijikata Hiedemarie Hiptmayer Kurt Horvath Jesse Houser Marcus Hunt Ken Hurst Bret Irby Bill Jameson Joseph Harry Kell Lance Kelly Jim Kelso Karl Klimsch Rudolph Kornbrath Rudolph J. Kornbrath John Kusmit Ben Lane Ray LaTournea Bruce LePage Steve Lindsay Frank Lindsay Alain Lovenberg Ron Lutz Eberhard Mach Franz Mack John Madole Bill Mains Franz marktl Brian Marshall Lynton S.M. McKenzie James B. Meek New Orleans Arms Ngraver L.D. Nimschke Franz Oblitshchnig Old Dominion Engravers Pachmayr Gun Works Gianfranco Pedersoli Rex Pederson Giancarlo Pedretti Stefano Pedretti Ray Phillips Scott Pilkington Paul Piquette Tiz Pozzobon E.C. Prudhomme Marty Rabeno J.C. Randell Rembrandt J.J. Roberts Jon Robyn John Rohner Carroll Rowles Roger Sampson Louis Sanchez Diane Scalese Martin Schongauer Bruce Shaw George Sherwood Ben Shostle Alexandre' Sidorov Bill Sinclair Ron Skaggs Jim Small Ron Smith R.J. Smith George B. Spring Amayak Stepanyan Martin Strolz Robert Swartley Tilden Swenson Lisa Tomlin Torcoli Tom Turpin Ishrael van Meckenem Vigor Tool Company Ray Viramontez Louis Vrancken Terry Wallace Julie Warenski Ken Warner Floyd Warren John Warren Sam Welch Rachel Wells Johnny Weyerts Alvin A. White Claus Willig R.L. Wilson Mel Wood Gustav Young and if you have read this to the end, this is probably the longest post ever on the Cafe. Do I get a prize or something for that Sam? Last edited by pilkguns; 08-25-2007 at 01:20 PM.
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#19
08-25-2007, 08:28 AM
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Bill Jameson (Bill Zach)
Steve Adams Both have made a huge impact in the coin carving field. Dan Goodwin Haven't heard much of him in years, but he was well known back in the '80's. Yoshikazu Hijikata Well known engraver and teacher in Japan, but not a household name in America.
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#20
08-25-2007, 11:02 AM
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Scott..Here is a few more:
Denise Therion Tim Adlam Brian Hockstrat Bill Brockway Montejano Joe Mason Shigeru Tozaki Don Bell Hope this will help. Yours truly, JJ Roberts Manassas, VA
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