I find the so called Celtic engraving style very pleasing to look at, those lovely knots, stylized animals etc.
A nice change from the usual (though , of course beautiful) stuff
Never seen one in the flesh..just the odd one in books, & one Alex Marin on one site.
Anyone got a nice example with close up of action pic they could throw up??
Anyone else like this engraving?
Franc
Mckay Brown o/u with celtic engraving is number one in my wish list. Not going to happen in the near future
Check here for nice
examples
Mckay brown :http://www.mckaybrown.com/www.mckaybrown.com/Engraving.html
The new K-80 Celtic Scroll is perhaps the dumbest looking engraving I've ever seen.
The K Gun makes me think I could be an engraver....today.
H&H used to offer a Celtic pattern in the early 20th c. I saw one a year or so ago in their New York gunroom and rather liked it.
Some are better (way Better) than others. I like David McKay Brown's interpretation.
Google name of provincial gunmaker Thomas Horsley and you will surely find some nice examples of Celtic-style ornamentation.
The engraving on that Krieghoff is nothing like proper Celtic Knott Work as such designs are correctly called. The components are far too widely spaced, where they should be close together. It certainly appears that whoever came up with this design picked up several totally different patterns from some source and lumped them together. There is a major error in the centrepiece engraving in that one belt or strap is shown overlapping three others. This would never happen in Celtic Knot Work they would be interwoven. One mark out of ten from me.
An engraver cannot afford to make a mistake carrying out knot work, as an error stands out like a sore thumb. Most Knot Work designs are at least 1,500 years old in origin and can be found in ancient manuscripts, illuminated religious illustrations such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and Book of Kells, Anglo Saxon Jewellery, gravestones, monuments, tapestries, and weaponry of the time. It was in use for several centuries as decoration or ornamentation.
Sadly like many srt forms it is labour intensive and therefore today very expensive, if done correctly.
Harry
Right , the k80 stuff is pure rottem & doesn't count, ...
"Knot"
what I had in mind atall atall
franc