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Mike Hill |
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Gunmaker
Mike started work in the gun trade at the age of 15, apprenticed to Benjamin Wild & Son. He remained there for a total of 11 years before moving on to Weller & Dufty, Parker Hale and Webley Venon Custom Shop. He joined Westley Richards in January 2006, where he specialises in stock finishing, as well as undertaking some furniture and action work. |
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Sam Banner |
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Gun Room Apprentice
Born in Bromsgrove into a family with its own shooting business, Sam left school at 16 and joined Westley Richards as an apprentice actioner. He is now entering his second year as an apprentice and is showing very promising signs of becoming a quality gunmaker. |
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Rashid Hadi |
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Engraver
Born in Sudan in 1961, Rashid came to the UK at the age of four. His cousin is Malcolm Appleby - the UK's foremost gun engraver - and it was during school holidays at Malcolm's home that Rashid first encountered the art of engraving. After some initial instruction from his cousin, Rashid largely taught himself the art, and after just one term at Sir John Cass College in London, joined John Wilkes in 1983. After two years with John Wilkes, Rashid worked freelance for Purdey's, Symes & Wright, Rigby, Holland & Holland, and Peter Chapman. In 1997 he joined Westley Richards, where he specialises in the most intricate gold inlay, steel carving and steel piercing. Rashid has produced some of the finest work ever seen at Westley Richards. |
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