Roger Bleile in 1981.Д«AROQUE вЂ“ Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by Pheasant in flight by Steve Lindsay At far right a tiger scene engraved by C. 1977 and next right a lynx both engraved in bank note technique by Carl B. In German the term is 'flachstichgravuren.' In French this technique is known as 'taille-douce' meaning copper plate engraving. Objects so that the subject is viewed directly. Ornamental engravers execute the bank note style in the obverse on various Has a high degree of realism when printed, as in presidential portraits on currency. Bank note engravers execute this style on printing plates in reverse so that when the cuts are inked the subject At right is the backstrap of a Browning High Power decorated by a factory based engraver in what Browning calls theirД«ANK NOTE STYLE ENGRAVING вЂ“ A method of engraving a figure or scene into metal with very fine lines so that the subject looks almost like a photograph to

With a wiggle tool in an entwining motif. At center is the backstrap of an antique Colt SAA engraved Shown at left is the backstrap (red arrow) of a Colt SAA engraved by Ken Hurst of Robersonville, NC. The back strap is the primary place for inscription on a handgun. Some guns are only engraved on the backstrapД«ecause that is the part that shows when the pistol or revolver is in a holster. Neither shading nor backgrounding as the beveled outlining cuts create a relief appearance that contrast with a plain background.Д«ACKSTRAP вЂ“ That part of a pistol or revolver that forms the rear of the grip, usually made of steel or brass. For instance sculpted relief ornament is not shaded as shading is only a substitute for actual relief. There are styles of engraved ornamentation that omit eitherД«ackgrounding and/or shading. These three are: outlining, shading, and backgrounding. Backgrounding is one of three basic tasks in TheД«lack arrow points to the untreated background and the white arrow points to background cut away and textured.Д«ACKGROUNDING вЂ“ Hand EngraverвЂ™s slang for stippling, matting or removing the background metal from a design. The photo on the right shows work in progress of scrollwork on a Browning shotgun.

Parallel lines on a shotgun engraved at the Franz Sodia factory in Austria.

The center photo shows background treated with The photo at left shows background treated with a circle punch on a rifle engraved by Roger Bleile in 20007. The engraved scroll or figures are the foreground as contrasted with the background. Background is usually matted with a punch or liner in bas-relief work and cut away with a In flare cut orДouble bevel scroll, each leaf is made up of a primary cut and a back cut.Д«ACKGROUND вЂ“ The area that surrounds scroll or floral work. The illustration shows a simulated sideplate on which are drawn the backbones of scrolls that will later be engraved.Д«ACK-CUT вЂ“ A return cut over the same line with a different graver or with the graver tilted in a different direction from the primary cut. The backbone may also be implied, rather than cut, by the convergence of Single line or engraved with a wiggle tool pattern as in Western bright cut engraving. BACKBONE вЂ“ Used in reference to scrollwork, the backbone is the main spiral upon which the leaves and tendrils are formed.

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