Old world craftsmanship

[praff]

I stumbled across this video on facebook and it is definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it. The craftsmanship and painstaking details that go into making one of these doubles is amazing. While they do use modern cnc for some of the operations, there is a lot of hand fitting that is involved. Very impressive indeed.

[video=youtube;RLxDRb7yWnw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLxDRb7yWnw[/video]

 

[Hohn]

Reminds me of the "how do they do it" on Purdy shotguns.

 

[churchmouse]

In a totally CNC programmed world that was refreshing.

 

[Leadeye]

File, fit, file, fit, polish with fine paper.

 

[indiucky]

I have a few Spanish SxS's including one in sidelock based on a Holland and Holland double....I had a book titled "Spanish best" by Terry Weiland....He said he visited the Arrietta factory while in the Basque region of Spain and saw ONE power tool in the shop, a drill press...

It was unplugged and covered with dust...The engraving room has canaries at every table that sings for the engravers as the go about their day....Big windows and all natural light....

 

[indy1919a4]

THat was a nice video.. But all that hand fitting comes at a cost.. But they are beautiful long guns

https://www.hollandandholland.com/guns/#+gun-type-side-by-side

 

[Clay Pigeon]

File, fit, file, fit, polish with fine paper.

They did a How it's Made show with H&H a few years back.

 

[indy1919a4]

I have a few Spanish SxS's including one in sidelock based on a Holland and Holland double....I had a book titled "Spanish best" by Terry Weiland....He said he visited the Arrietta factory while in the Basque region of Spain and saw ONE power tool in the shop, a drill press...

It was unplugged and covered with dust...The engraving room has canaries at every table that sings for the engravers as the go about their day....Big windows and all natural light....

Well you should love these guys, Hand crafting at its finest???

By the way in a sane would I would book a flight over there tomorrow, talk about a gun vacation

But the world we live in it would be a stay-cation welded up in a 55 gal drum.. (assuming I made trustie)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp6kxPZCCmg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRte65F_KRk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPXE_hLXKpE

 

[praff]

Well you should love these guys, Hand crafting at its finest???

By the way in a sane would I would book a flight over there tomorrow, talk about a gun vacation

But the world we live in it would be a stay-cation welded up in a 55 gal drum.. (assuming I made trustie)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp6kxPZCCmg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRte65F_KRk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPXE_hLXKpE

Definitely hand crafted but at the other end of the spectrum... The last video about the Khyber pass area was very interesting. $150 for a krink, but here a freakin demilled krink kit is over 1k

 

[indy1919a4]

Definitely hand crafted but at the other end of the spectrum... The last video about the Khyber pass area was very interesting. $150 for a krink, but here a freakin demilled krink kit is over 1k

You do know it would not be an original Krink... It would be a Knock off at best?? true considering the price break it may not matter that much.. Would hate to go through the paper work to get it back in the country..