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Engraver Jerome Glimm adds artistry to firearms |
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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Page 1 of 2 By Lisa Schmidt for the Independent-Observer
 FREEHAND PERFECTION – Jerome Glimm is a perfectionist, says his wife of 43 years, Louise. “We compliment each other. Photo for the I-O by Lisa Schmidt
“Jerome Glimm is one of the best engravers in Montana, if not the best,” says Fairfield gun dealer Jim Gray.
Gray knows that a gun engraved by Glimm will bring hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars more than a plain firearm.
“He does it the old-fashioned way, by hand. He doesn’t use an electric engraver,” Gray says of Glimm. “Electric engraving is really nice, but not as fine and delicate as hand work.”
Firearm enthusiast Harvey Hollingsworth agrees.
“A hand-engraved firearm is a one-of-a-kind, unique work of art. The laser engravings are nice, but they make 300 to 400 carbon copies,” says the Brady resident.
Glimm, as quiet and modest as his surroundings, would never brag about his art; he lets his engravings speak for themselves. They must speak loudly because Glimm is always busy at work.
“Ninety percent of my orders are from outside Montana,” he says. He has shipped engraved guns as far away as Sweden, Australia, England and Spain.
One of Glimm’s guns is as close as Fairfield, in Jim Gray’s hands. Gray traded for it after it had been auctioned at a banquet for the Friends of the National Rifle Association.
“Jerome engraves for serious gun people,” Gray says. “I’ve sent several people to him for engraving work.”
Glimm’s peers respect his work, too. As a charter member of the Firearms Engravers Guild of America, Glimm had to submit his work to a committee before being accepted into the guild.
“That’s a pretty exclusive club of a select few,” says Hollingsworth. In fact, Glimm estimates only 100 guild members are professional engravers.
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