Engraved by Jonathan Knoesen

Sharing your experiences with your children and your grandchildren is a privilege. It is quite nostalgic to remind your own children about how the firearm has been handed down from your father or grandfather and so fi****ms become part of the family, which outlives everyone in the family and is a sign of the tight bond your family has shared through the generations. It is easy for the average ma

n or women to think of a firearm as a cold dangerous piece of metal that kills. They however, do not share the bond of a father and a son that has grown closer in the bush stalking their first prey. That first hunting accomplishment can be externalized on the firearm by means of hand engraving, sharing that first experience with generations to come. Every man loves to have something that is true to his personality and tells people more about the type of man that he is. It is a form of status that shows off your success and changes your plain firearm into something extraordinary, a firearm to show off and be proud of. With the few engravers left we are working hard to not let the art of hand engraving die a sad death and want to give men and woman alike the chance to put their stamp on fi****ms worked hard for. We want to help people build memories in the bush with their children and grandchildren and pass on the treasure that is the knowledge of our beautiful wildlife and scenery in South Africa. We, as the few engravers around, take it as our responsibility to preserve this old age tradition and make sure that the art lives on.