Weapon engraving

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The weapon engraving is a form of decoration on a weapon. As early as the Stone Age , hunters and warriors decorated their weapons with incisions and incisions. These first markings were probably used to identify property. In the course of time, some of the artists developed skills to design and embellish their weapons and implements with increasingly complex ornaments. Very early finds show decorations on mammoth teeth and bones. The further development of weapons and devices also enabled other and newer design options with the help of engravings. With the beginning of the Bronze Age , the processing options also developed. Elaborately decorated weapons and devices are known from the earliest times. The first engravings were found when stone spears and hand axes were excavated . There are finds that show patterns and images of animals on bones or ivory. It has always been a concern of the hunter to capture the hunt in pictures. The first wheel-lock weapons were already equipped with rich decorations. Ivory inlays on the rifle or in the pistol stock, rich engravings with gold and silver inlays show the taste and status of the owner of the weapon. Engravings on Japanese blades are known as horimono .

  • Engraving on a sword blade

  • Engraving on a rifle

  • Engraving on a pistol

  • Horimono on blade

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  1. ↑ Karl Heinrich Heydenreich: Aesthetic Dictionary on the Fine Arts , p. 475 ff., Accessed on April 22, 2018