I just heard from an unimpeachable source that Angelo Bee has hung up his graver.
I had the privilege of working with him on a 28 gauge Superlight project.

Is that a 'new' retirement or a continuation of his retirement announced about a year+ ago.
The guy deserves it for sure but I wonder if he can really just step away from it if he still enjoys it and can still do the work.

I'd bet that vise doesn't vibrate much.

A true talent.

Beautiful engraving, wow. What would a similar engraving job cost in today's world?

I figured you would have unloaded that forgery on someone by now bOb.

Hey Joe, It's been a long time.
Don't ever change. Love your new hat.

Bob, why are you wearing jOe's hat again?

BTW, if the dogs and game scenes that are engraved on Lefever guns looked like that, I wouldn't want to own any. And why is that row of little circles just above the game scene and scroll so uneven? Was that intentional?

I would hesitate to call that an upgrade.

Wow that's exactly how I pictured jOe

Are you guys picking on jOe again? I like that Pointer engraving but why do they chop the feet off the dog? If that’s a setter on the right side, what’s it doing retrieving a duck? A grouse or quail would have been more appropriate for a ‘Pointer’ graded shotgun imho. Nice gun though Bob. Pretty.

No dogs were hurt during the engraving. It’s a water retrieve!
The dog is standing in the shallows.

That makes sense Bob. I’m glad they didn’t cut any feet off any dogs for photos, or even the engraving. Thankful. Thx for responding. BTW, I’ve met jOe and he resembles nothing as you suggest. Go figure, eh…..

Maybe you could reason with him about the persona he projects then, buzz. I don't know if you've noticed but the ratio of those who back jOe and those who do not is really "whopsided". Two ideas come to mind. Either jOe needs to "meet" everybody on the forum so that he can ingratiate himself to them or, he needs to clean up his act. Whichever is the most reasonable.

People get old quality of their work wanes....that's just a fact of life bOb.

That gun confirms it.

Get it over it Stanley....you're just mad because I made fun of you telling about your grandpappy ground swatting coveys of quail.