Jim Downing's exceptional skill in gun engraving transforms firearms into works of art. Jim Downing, often hailed as the Van Gogh of guns, is renowned for his exceptional skill in gun engraving, ...

VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Michigan-- Joe Rundell, a world-class gun engraver who lives here, has been a little busy the past three years. He has been engraving metal and creating bas-relief artworks of several ...

Leaning over, his eyes protected by goggles, Charles “Chuck” E. McManis’ hands move smoothly and in sync, a chisel in one hand and a gun in the other. He guides the humming chisel across the gun’s ...

VIENNA TWP. — Joe Rundell has racked up another high honor as a well-respected firearms engraver. Rundell, 70, of Vienna Township has been included in a coffee table book, “American Engravers: The ...

Jim Downing prefers to call himself a craftsman, not an artist. But his intricately hand-carved renderings on Colts, Rugers, Winchesters and other fine guns have earned him clients from across the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Jim Downing prefers to call himself a craftsman, not an artist. But his intricately hand-carved renderings on Colts, Rugers, Winchesters and other fine guns have earned him ...

ROGERS — Kings and queens have cherished engraved swords, lances and shields over the centuries. Now, 21st century dukes and “dukettes” can feel like royalty while carrying an engraved pistol to the ...

His is an old and rarely seen art, his canvas a place where danger and decoration meet. Beauty and the beast. Séan McVicker engraves firearms, turns steel into stories. Working with tools that haven’t ...

A seventh-generation artist, John Perry supported himself for decades by painting and selling maritime oil paintings and playing guitar in country rock bands. But when the market for his paintings ...

Sean McVicker is “packing,” but not in the usual sense. His tiny workshop is filled with ornately engraved guns ranging from long-arm rifles to pistols, their scrolled artwork visible under ...