The Ithaca Gun Company Custom Shop
Firearms occupy a special place in the lives of hunters, collectors, and other shooting sportsmen. They are associated with memorable and scenic times in our lives, and they feel like an extension of ourselves, invested with the energy and history of our time spent outdoors. Many shooters have an "old faithful" gun that has helped them to satisfying finishes in the field or at the trap club more than other guns in their cabinet; or perhaps a sporting arm is prized because it was passed on to them by a beloved elder or friend. Because our guns have the potential to become more than tools to us, Ithaca Gun Company offers customization services for your new or old Ithaca gun.
A variety of ways to personalize your Ithaca
To make your Ithaca distinctive, you can commission us to perform special engraving on your firearm. We can take a few different approaches to adding art to the steel of your shotgun, which are summarized here:
1. Supplement the standard engraving with new features
This style of gun decoration is exemplified at the left by a Model 37 receiver which has the standard game scene engraving, but has been enhanced with personalized text and graphics and benefitted from a nice gold inlay treatment. This level of customization is less expensive than fully original art and tends to have the quickest turn around time to delivery. People often like to add their initials, a motto, or refer to a notable event. If new engraving is to be added to a gun that is already blued or otherwise coated, it will be necessary to refinish the gun after the additional work is performed. Feel free to call us at 1.877.6ITHACA to discuss this option.
2. Give us art or ideas for an entirely unique result
The digital age certainly has its benefits for the world of metalworking. If you have a picture or illustration that you think would look good on a shotgun, we can turn it over to our graphics and machining team and they will bring it to life on the receiver, barrel, or even butt stock of your Ithaca. Both laser and machine tool marking are available, each with its own characteristic look. Give us a call and we'll arrange to receive your artwork and return to you a quote for executing the design.
3. Ithaca Commemorative Editions
Whether the purpose be to pay tribute to a region's heritage (like in the picture at the left), to memorialize an event, or to simply render a scene in a beautiful manner, Ithaca Gun Company can deliver you special edition guns that are intricately etched and plated with a design that you help create. This approach to customization is perfect for special interest organizations (shooting clubs, conservation societies), retirement gifts, and families of shooting sportsmen who want a special firearm to bind them together. Call us at 1.877.6ITHACA for more details.
4. Ithaca and hand engraver Stephen Olin deliver you a work of exquisite functional art
Who said "good things come to those who wait"? Well, you will find out how true this old adage can be if you give hand engraver Stephen Olin the opportunity to create for you a subtle work of shotgun art. Stephen will talk personally with you about the design you would like to have rendered on the receiver of your new or old Ithaca firearm. If this route to customizing your gun sounds appealing, call us at 1.877.6ITHACA (1.877.648.4222) and we will set the process in motion.
Ithaca Gun Custom Wood Services
We also offer custom wood work so that you can enjoy a gun whose stock and forend were made expressly to fit you. Very highly figured wood is available. Custom length of pull, comb height, drop, and pitch, along with high-end hand checkering, are all options for the shooter who wants a gun's wood to be eye catching and fit like a glove.
Ithaca Gun Engraving Fonts
We have 18 different fonts available for use in custom gun engraving. Please click HERE to open a PDF you can view to choose a font for your custom engraving order. When you call to place your order let us know the name of the font on this list you would like us to use.