Michael is a FEGA Master
Engraver and a Colt Master
Engraver. He is past President of the Firearms
Engravers Guild of America and has worked
and studied with Winston Churchill, Ron Smith,
Phil Grifnee and Alain Lovenberg. He received the FEGA James
B. Meek Award in 1998 for the "Lifetime
Contributions to the Art of Engraving". Michael
has created firearms or jewelry engraving for
such notable individuals as Norman
Schwarskopf, Juan Carlos King of Spain, Pope
John Paul II and Bo Derek and he has
engraved industry guns for Colt, Holland and
Holland and Purdey. He also created the "Show
Guns" for the Colt Collectors Association in
2003 and 2006. He has a Masters Degree in
Fine Arts and has taught engraving classes at
Trinidad State Jr. College in Trinidad, Colorado
and at Glendo Corporation in Emporia, Kansas.
