Is it bulino or banknote style
I think it's a little hard for a beginning engraver to understand some of the terms we use and sometimes we use them losely, so i'll try and put a little bit of light on it IMO
I believe the french word for bulino is burin ( chisel ) and in english is graver. If I remember correctly in the early 70s I refered to my high detail work as banknote style engraving which is made of lines, dashes, and dots, basicly the way I cut when I was a banknote engraver the only difference was to get it to look darker with out ink in the cuts. The people that were using the term bulino were the dealers selling Italian guns, which I didn't understand because thats like saying graver engraving or chisel engraving and that didn't describe the style. I still use the term banknote style engraving because a person outside of the trade can quickly get a mental image of what I'm talking about, if I say bulino they ask what's that, I say burin, what they say, oh I mean chisel but realy it's a graver and it goes on untill I say you know looks like a banknote.
The people that are serious about (usually) having this type of work done can get their idea across with most terms they use, after they get it they can call it what ever they want, I think they just like to say "bulino"
Ive included a banknote style engraving I did in 1974, it was done for Wells Fargo and companys 125th anniversary, showing Sam Bass and his out laws riding into town for their last mistake robbing a Wells Fargo bank. The art work is mine as usual and wouldn't have had any photos to work from anyway except a picture of Sam Bass. had to research to make sure clothing and kit were correct for the time period.
Hope you can see some detail I had to take a picture of a picture and reduce it to 480x640
Carl Bleile
southwest,Ohio
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