Firearm Engravings

This page con­tains some of the most com­mon ques­tions about the fire­arm en­grav­ing op­tions. If you have ad­di­tion­al ques­tions, please let us know.

1. Who can order your firearm engraving services?
2. Can you engrave a gun according to my own design?
3. Why there are no posted prices for weaponry engraving?
4. Can you engrave any metal or are there any exceptions?
5. What if I am not sure if my firearm can be engraved?
6. Are you a holder of a Federal Firearm License?
7. What do I need to know about gun shipping?

1. Who can or­der your fire­arm en­grav­ing ser­vices? You need to be at least 21 years old to or­der to or­der our fire­arm en­grav­ing ser­vices. Due to the Fed­er­al fire­arm ship­ping reg­u­la­tions, the fire­arm en­grav­ing ser­vices are avail­able to the United States cus­tom­ers only.

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2. Can you en­grave a gun ac­cord­ing to my own design? You are al­ways wel­come to send us your own design idea (sketch or im­age) and we will let you know if we can do it. We will then use your idea to cre­ate our own sketch with sev­er­al design vari­ations to show and we will work from there.

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3. Why there are no pos­ted prices for weaponry en­grav­ing? We do not post prices for fire­arm en­grav­ings; the prices are usu­ally es­tim­ated based on the size of the en­graved sur­face and the de­sired en­grav­ing style. We will give you a price es­tim­ate once we dis­cuss all the de­tails and you ac­cept the pro­posed sketch.

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4. Can you en­grave any met­al or are there any ex­cep­tions? Dif­fer­ent metals have dif­fer­ent en­grav­ing prop­er­ties in terms of their hard­ness, ductil­ity, pli­ab­il­ity, and oth­ers. Some metals are very pli­able, al­low­ing an artist cre­ate true mas­ter­pieces, while oth­ers are ab­so­lutely im­possible to work with. We would not be able to en­grave a fire­arm made of alu­min­um al­loy, hardened steel, or any met­al covered by paint. If you are not sure what your gun is made of, just give us its mod­el and make, and we will find that in­form­a­tion and let you know if it can be en­graved. In some cases an artist might re­fuse en­grav­ing your weapon, if he be­lieves that met­al it was made of or its state will pre­vent him from cre­at­ing a fine qual­ity en­grav­ing.

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5. What if I am not sure if my fire­arm can be en­graved? If you are not sure wheth­er your fire­arm can be en­graved, you are al­ways wel­come to check with us. First, you can give us the mod­el and make of your fire­arm, so we can find out about the met­al it was made of and de­term­ine wheth­er it can be en­graved. Second, if you are not sure about the con­di­tion of the en­grav­ing sur­face, you can send us a de­tailed photo of your fire­arm, and we will ex­am­ine it and let you know.

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6. Are you a hold­er of a Fed­er­al Fire­arm Li­cense? Dmitriy Pavlov, our fire­arm en­graver artist, is a hold­er of a Fed­er­al Fire­arm Li­cense and is also a mem­ber of the Fire­arm Guild of Amer­ica. We at Fine Arts Boutique do not have such a li­cense, so if you wish to have your fire­arm en­graved, you will have to ship it to Dmitriy Pavlov's stu­dio, DP Stu­dio, Inc. dir­ectly. We will provide you with the re­quired ship­ping in­form­a­tion when you place your or­der.

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7. What do I need to know about gun ship­ping? There are very strict Fed­er­al reg­u­la­tions for fire­arm ship­ping, that spe­cify who is au­thor­ized to ship and re­ceive fire­arms. If you are are hold­er of Fed­er­al Fire­arm Li­cense (FFL) or are a Li­censed Col­lect­or (CFL), you can ship your fire­arm to Dmitriy Pavlov's stu­dio and he will ship it back to you when it is ready. If you are not a hold­er of any of the men­tioned li­censes, please ask us be­fore ship­ping your fire­arm, so we can ex­plain you the prop­er ship­ping pro­ced­ure.

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