An engraver friend and historian in Suhl sent the following regarding the low wall that started the thread:


"I know the engraving . I Have in my collection old rubblings from this.

I think the engraver was Karl Klb.

This gun is not made in the Sauer factory- only for the Sauer gunshop in Berlin from another gunmaker from Suhl.."


I personally like the design and think it's a nice example of production execution. In the pre WW1 days, engravers produced work at a pace we would find hard to fathom today. Records show Jack Sumner fully engraved a Boss in less than two weeks.

There is a prolific, modern-day engraver in Belgium that turns out the best kind of high-relief work (on Purdeys and Hollands) probably as fast as anyone ever has. He prefers hammer and graver although he owns air-tools.

Thanks to all for a great thread,

C.