Welcome to the Firearms Engravers Guild of America (FEGA)
FEGA is the world’s foremost authority and organization for firearm engravers and hand engraving enthusiasts.
Founded in 1981 to provide opportunities for engravers to exchange ideas and knowledge, network, assist in improving individual skills, promote firearm engraving as an art form, and raise public interest and appreciation in quality firearm engraving and hand engraving. Today, FEGA has a varied following, but our members have a great deal in common – they appreciate the skill involved in hand-engraving firearms or any type of metal, whether it be knives, jewelry, or any other type of canvas that can be hand-engraved.
Quarterly Magazine
Firearm engraver or collector, hand engraver of one genre or a variety, teacher or student first discovering this amazing art, there is a place for you in FEGA. FEGA publishes the “Engraver” magazine, a resource for and about firearm engravers and hand engraving. A quarterly full glossy 32-page magazine crammed full of how-to articles, along with engraver profiles and projects. It is the only publication in the world devoted solely to the art of hand engraving.
Our Website
FEGA also maintains a historical database that includes hundreds of engravers, past and present. This database is continually being updated for future generations.
This website provides the public and FEGA members with resource materials, information about the Guild, and a shopping facility to purchase a variety of items that can educate professionals and students alike in the art of hand engraving. DVDs of past educational seminars covering a wide range of topics, plus books, resin castings of actual engravings, and miscellaneous items.
Annual Convention
For FEGA members, engravers, collectors, and the general public, FEGA also hosts an annual convention and exhibition, providing an opportunity to view some of the world’s finest engraved custom firearms. This event also offers attendees a chance to network with one another. As part of this, we have set aside a day for seminars that cover a range of hand engraving topics. Everyone is welcome to attend these as they are free.
There are also annual awards that allow FEGA members to compete in at the annual exhibition/convention. The level of work presented is outstanding in all categories. There is also an incentive program that provides a grant, which gives the opportunity for FEGA members to display for the first time at our annual convention.
FEGA also has a school program where students at various schools around the USA can be given some resource material in school packs.
Planning for the Future
We plan to make FEGA even more pertinent to the continuing education of our members and the general public. We also plan to guide the rest of the world in recognizing the fine art of firearm engraving and hand engraving in general. We welcome your help in shaping the future.
Master Engravers
The FEGA Master Engraver certification is for those hand engravers who wish to be acknowledged amongst their peers for excellence in engraving. It is open to all FEGA members.
Enjoy the beauty of firearms engraving…
There is a place for everyone in FEGA who is interested in the beautiful art of firearm engraving and hand engraving in general. Hand engravers, collectors, artists, craftspeople, metalworkers, and scrimshanders, professional and student, all have their place within the Guild. American and international, all are welcome because there is something for everyone.
We invite you all to join the Firearms Engravers Guild of America today.
