ENGRAVING DESIGNS FOR NEW WESTLEY RICHARDS GUNS and RIFLES.

It takes up to two years, sometimes more, to get one of our shotguns or rifles made, stocked, shot, highly polished and ready for the engravers work. Up to this point everything we make has been bestowed with the same levels of skill, craftsmanship, time, and infinite amount of attention to detail. It is at this point that each individual product will take on its own look, the look desired by the client and executed by the engraver of choice. Whilst the feel, balance, silhouette and character of the gun will all be Westley Richards, the individual engraving will set each gun apart. I typically get very nervous with the whole engraving process, especially the large commissions which take 6 - 12 months of an engravers time. Nervous because it is not until the work is delivered back, perhaps many months later, that you can decide how it really looks, if the idea has worked and is a success or perhaps not quite meeting expectations, whichever, the responsibility ultimately lies with us, we hedge our bets with drawings!

The engravers who work with us are accustomed to making drawings which are especially relevant and important in the larger commissions. Many times these have thrown up problems and changes can be made in advance rather than regretted later. The drawings themselves are very nice indeed, I have always liked Rash's loose and imaginative designs, some of which I am pleased to share with you now along with some by Vince Crowley and Peter Spode.

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MAGs! on April 23, 2014 at 3:37 pm

Fabulous drawings !!! Would love to see the originals one day.

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JORGE DIEUZEIDE BRAÑA on April 24, 2014 at 2:23 am

LOS TRABAJOS DE LA PRESTIGIOSA FIRMA ARMERA BRITÁNICA ME PARECEN DE EXCEPCIÓN. SON DE GRAN REFINAMIENTO Y LAS ARMAS SON REALIZADAS POR MAESTROS ARMEROS SELECCIONADOS ENTRE LOS MEJORES MAESTROS ARMEROS DEL REINO. UN RIFLE, UN DOBLE RIFLE O UNA ESCOPETA CON EL LOGO DE WESTLEY RICHARDS EN SU CORRESPONDIENTE VALIJA CONSTITUYEN UN TESOR.

JORGE DIEUZEIDE BRAÑA

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- Simon Clode on April 24, 2014 at 10:07 am
  
  Gracias!
  
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DanielQ on April 27, 2014 at 12:04 pm

Pictures like these are invaluable for us hobby engravers getting started and learning more about design, lines and harmony.

I cannot thank you enough for all the beautiful pictures you've shared on this blog, truly a gem.

//DQ

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