Solitary Quail Sterling Silver
$1,045.00
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* Belt strap not included.
Don’t forget to add a belt strap to your order!
Solitary Quail 4-piece Sterling Silver Buckle Set
The Solitary Quail 4-piece Solid Sterling Silver buckle set has a single quail taking off and gaining altitude. The scrolls are Germanic/American style, and the checkering on all four ranger set pieces has the feel of an old shotgun. It has a 1" (25mm) opening and looks terrific on any style belt strap.
All the parts are cast in solid sterling silver from Neil's original, exquisitely hand engraved masters, and is hand finished and hand signed by Neil. Neil has put years of hard work and experimentation into learning how to best capture the fine details of his exquisite hand engraving in his lost-wax-cast pieces, and it shows!
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About Gun-Style Engraving
Gun-Style Engraving
In the 1800s the American West was settled by Europeans, who were also the first to wear silver buckle tip sets. These buckle sets came to be known as Ranger Sets, after the legendary Texas Rangers. At that time engraving was directly from, or inspired by, European traditions in design and technique. Engraving in silver and engraving on guns were diverging into distinctly different styles. This distinction, as well as the popularity of ranger sets, was accentuated when Hollywood defined the “cowboy look” in the 1920s and -30s. This Western, or Bright-Cut, engraving became the standard for buckle engraving and has been the de facto method and look… until now.
Neil’s buckle sets are engraved in the Gun-Style (single point) rather than the Western style (bright cut), and are finding popularity for their sophisticated look and attractive designs. His hand engraved original buckles are highly valued by afficionados. These traditional ranger buckle sets with old world gun-style engraving remind us that the New West is still firmly rooted in the Old West.
The essence of tradition in the arts can be seen in 2,000 years of continually evolving Acanthus decoration, from Greek columns, to English shotguns, and now to American belt buckles.
