Custom engraved GLOCK slide as a surprise retirement gift to my father

[Miami_JBT]

My father has been a cop for thirty five years and just retired back in May, 2011. When he retired; he was given the GLOCK 19 he carried as a cop from the last agency. He's been with a four different agencies through his thirty five years and I had ZipGravers do a custom job on the slide of the retirement gun.

My one and only thing is I should have had the patches done in chronological order but hey... even though they are the thing still looks awesome!

Check it out!

 

[ScottRiqui]

A *very* neat and thoughtful gift!

 

[concealcarry7]

would a great kid, such a thoughtful gift son.

 

[Fishing_Cabin]

May I ask where you had that done at? It is great! I know of a few people that are retireing soon.

 

[TriumphGuy]

I'm not a huge Glock fan, or much for engraving, but that is quite tastefully done. A very thoughtful gift.

 

[Bart Noir]

Is that actually engraving or more like etching of the surface finish? Engraving cuts a small bit of metal right out of the gun.

The reason I ask is that I thought the "Tennifer" finish on Glocks was a very hard finish, hard to even file through. Am I wrong?

Bart Noir

 

[ScottRiqui]

If you go to the "Zipgravers" web site (where the OP had the work done), they have some other pictures of engraved Glocks, and state that the work was done with a rotating diamond cutter. As such, I imaging they're cutting through the surface finish and down into the actual slide metal.

 

[LockedBreech]

Fantastic! I'm planning on doing the same thing for my dad with a Beretta 96 (his duty gun before retirement) when I have the money.

 

[TheGoldenState]

Amazing.

My father is also a recent retire from LE. I surprised him with a custom done shadow box with his first pistol used on duty, badge, hiring picture/ID, and several accommodations, along with gold name plate and the nickname he was known by on duty.

The slide is killer.