This is the current edition of the Colt Single Action Army engraved in a Helfricht-style American Scroll. The engraving on this gun is just over 50% coverage. This makes for a very handsome gun without a huge cash outlay. In fact, most of the guns that were engraved during the period of the American West, were between 50 – 75% coverage. You’ll find very few 25% or full coverage engraving on guns during this period.

Finally completed, here’s the InterArms PPK/S pistol featuring elephants and mammoths! Hence, the world’s smallest elephant gun!

These older InterArms PPK/S’ are among my very favorites of the Walther series of pocket pistols. I like the extended frame with the short slide of the PPK.

In my mind, they are among the best .380 caliber pocket autos ever!

To see the works in progress, see this post and this post.

This is the other side of the PPKS that I posted previously. This side features 3 prehistoric mammoths! Again, each mammoth is less than 1/2″ in height.

Once this pistol is complete, it will certainly be unique. I look forward to posting the completed gun soon!

A work in progress PPK/S. The first thing that had to be done was to wipe all of the slide lettering. Then, we had to re-polish to match the original finishing of the gun. The engraving style was matched to a 1911 that I had previously engraved for the same client! See the 1911 here!

This Smith & Wesson 57-6 is 3/4 covered with American Scroll engraving. This particular handgun also features a full Grizzly Bear on the frame. The 41 magnum Smith & Wesson’s were championed, and had design input from the famous author and Border Patrolman, Bill Jordan.

Bill Jordan’s book, No Second Place Winner, is still considered a must-read by aficionados of fast six-gun shooters. He believed that the Model 57 was the best large-frame revolver for policework. He brought additional fame to the Model 19 as a police firearm.

The engraving on this Model 57 represents a classic style for both Smith & Wesson and Colt double action revolvers.

This custom Ruger is very unique! Built by Jack Huntington of JRH Advanced Gunsmithing, this is a smaller Ruger single action frame. It’s been made into a custom 5-shot, 10mm revolver! This made for a slick little carry pistol in places where bear encounters could be expected.

The gun features 50%+ American Scroll-style engraving.

As always, American Scroll looks great on single action revolvers. Whether you’ve got a modern handgun or even an antique, American Scroll can really add class to an already great revolver.

If you’re looking for a way to class up your handgun, this is a great way to do it without breaking the bank!

Full coverage American Scroll engraving on a Les Baer 1911, 10mm pistol. These are among the top handguns in the 1911 field! American Scroll-style engraving is a classic choice for a classic rendition of John Browning’s masterpiece!

I could engrave any pattern or design that you’d like. Examples include English Scroll, relief-carved oak leaves, or designs similar to the Browning Renaissance styles.

I often find that the boldness of American Scroll looks best on the big old slab-side 1911 autos.

For other examples of my engraving on 1911s, take a look at this Ruger 1911 Slide and this Springfield Armory 1911.

This slide is engraved in American Scroll with a stippled background to bring out the intricacy of the cuts. The cuts were then inked to really make them pop. Inking is a great idea for stainless guns to bring out the detail work.

This customer only wanted the slide engraved so it was a relatively inexpensive way to add some custom charm to this everyday carry gun.

Take a look at some of my other Walther PPK-S work here and here to get some ideas for your own carry pistol.

This is an update to my previous Smith & Wesson 686 post.

These photos further show the Smith & Wesson 686 fully assembled, inked, and complete!

This is an extremely elegant American Scroll finished revolver with the addition of relief-carving. There are few Smith & Wesson 686’s that are fancier or more extensively engraved than this revolver!

These photos show this Model 36 Smith & Wesson, that was previously posted as a work in progress, as a finished and inked revolver! This is a very early pre-Model 36 and it’s a very first of the J-frame Chief Specials. The gun features absolute full-coverage American Scroll-style engraving with full-coverage domed-punch background.