u/retroboat

I picked up the Blue Ribbon scope back in 2021 and it caught my curiosity. Then about a month ago I ran into another one, though a Red Arrow, but same manufacturer.
Obviously the second one is by the same hand.
I speculated it could be Don Blocksidge, however I’ve had another air gun collector agree with my assumption.
I’ve looked through dozens of Don’s engravings and there are definite similarities.
The odds of me randomly finding another scope the way I did from the same engraver is pretty slim, and if these are Don’s work it’ll be very exciting and needs to be shared.
First three pictures are of a known example of Don’s work.

Just took delivery of this amazingly well built Tell Mod 3. You can sure feel the quality of this piece. Heavy, amazing build quality, and cocks with a confidence. .177 Caliber
This was one on my wish list and did not disappoint! I have the original box as well, but extremely fragile and I didn’t want to bring it out.
The Bakelite grips are in perfect shape and feel amazing in your hand.

I wasn’t able to add additional pics to my original post, so I’ll add the one scope I have here.

I picked up this older Blue Ribbon scope a few years back and just randomly ran across another that seems obvious it’s the same engraver. Does anyone recognize this work or who may have done it?
The only connection to the work is one scope is a Blue Ribbon and the other is Red Arrow, but look fundamentally the same Nikko Japan made scopes, guessing mid 80s?
I’ve never obviously engraved a scope before, but from how these seem to be done, it almost looks like the would have been disassemble d possibly to finish around the end pieces. Also, you would think the vibration and pressure on the aluminum barrel from the engraving would wreck the optics possibly.
Odds of me finding the two by the same artist seems rare at best, but my curiosity has me wondering what else this person has done…