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I have a German Best Gun 16ga. double that my father had custom made in 1950 Berlin. He was USAF and stationed there for the airlift. I posted pictures and questions here in 2002 and received some good info. Howevedr, I have still not determined who the engraver was. My father told of seeing many pictures of guns done by this man and his family for royality dating way back so I feel his work is well known to someone. At the time this gun was made the Russians had pretty much shutdown the quality gun making trade. After delivering this gun to my father the man return to the Russian side and was to return later with a second set of barrels for the gun. He was never heard from again by my father. I suspect he has left some kind of mark hidden in the engraving that would ID his work to the trained eye and keep the Russian authorities from seeing it. Does anyone have a idea how a engraver might hide his mark? Thanks
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Bill:
I believe few, if any, German engravers signed their work. I would 1st consult Ford, who too is a resident of Alabama. Where do you reside? Then there's Suhl resident expert engraver Hendrik Frühauf. Correlation of images is about the only ID method.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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Thanks for this info. I'm located in Tuscaloosa,AL. I know slightly less than nothing about engraving so I do not know the names you have provided.
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Bill,
I'm afraid you won't be able to ID the engraver unless someone recognizes his work.Most work was not signed unless requested or a special job by a well known engraver. There are a couple engravers that frequent this site, one of them might be able to help. His location and the time frame will help them. War Eagle.
Mike(22 miles from Auburn)
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War Eagle Mike, and thanks. I from Auburn (mothers buried there) and married to a Tuscaloosa native. Can you say seriously divided house!
I'm trying to find this Ford that ellenbr mentions.
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Hi bill
I worked in Germany a couple of times over the years and once visited the Waffenmuseum (Weapons Museum) at Suhl, Thuringia, Germany. They may be able to help you and if they can't they may know a man who can.
Address:
Waffenmuseum Suhl
Friedrich-König-Straße 19
D-98527 Suhl
Phone: 011 49 3681 72 06 98
Fax: 011 49 3681 72 13 08
E-mail: info@waffenmuseumsuhl.de
The only lessons in my life I truly did learn from where the ones I paid for!
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You did find him. "Der Ami" is Mike Ford.
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LOL!!
OK, now that I've "found" Mike I have to ask... Mike, can I send you some pictures or even bring the gun down for you to examine?
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I scanned in 4 pictures of some of the engraving to attach to this thread. However, I can not find the "file manager" on the full reply page that allows this according to FAQ's. Can someone point me to it. Thanks..
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Forward them to me Bill & I'll paste them on the thread.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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