Antonio Errasti (2)
Antonio Errasti, manufacturer of
this tilting revolver Nagant.
Having been a workman of “Tomás de
Urizar y CIA”, it is established for its account in 1904 and is increasing its
personnel to the first world war.
It records marks BROWGRAND and
BROWPETIT in 1908.
It also manufactures small Puppy
and Velodog.
It also manufactures French Bodeo
Italian 1884 and revolver MOD 1892 (Nº40220 license)
During the first War it
manufactures automatics in 6,35 and 7,65.
On these weapons, the logo is an
alternative of its anagram A.E., included in an oval under a royal crown.
It does not appear among the 14
manufacturers who in 1912 meet in Eibar to face the threats of the FN, which
wanted to finish some with the Spanish production of guns which violate the
licenses Browning.
This Antonio Errasti has nothing
to do with the other manufacturer of the same name which tried to license the
guns “Errasti”.
Our A.E solicits into 1922 marks
BRONCHO and GOLIAT.
In 1926 solicits like marks the
anagram of the initial G.H.D. between 2 lions, in 1929 mark DREADNAUGHT.
It appears among the manufacturers
associated with the property with the proofhouse with Eibar.
In 1929, it manufactures ONLY
various oscillating revolvers and automatics.
In one of its catalogs, dated from
the années1920, it offered a copy of the revolver Nagant 1895 for cartridges
gauges 7,62 and revolvers BROWPETIT and BROWGRAND into 6,35 and 7,65
In its offer of oscillating
revolvers, it uses the mark OICET, which combines in a curious model the
esthetic details of the Colt and S&W, with the originality of the button of
release of the barrel, located on the attaching part of its axis, according to
its license Nº 53726.
It uses mark GOLIAT for its
revolvers copies Colt “Positive”, and DREADNAUGHT for its revolvers based on the
S&W “Military and Police”
Hogg and Weeks indicate also its
mark SMITH AMERICANO, which, with the GOLIAT and DREADNAUGHT, for revolvers not
easily comparable to exact copies of “Iver Johnson” and “Harrington &
Richardson”
A.E is deceased beginning 1930.
Its workshop appears in 1932 like “Widow and wire of Antonio Errasti”. They
continue in industry until 1936.
They manufacture machine pistol MX
1935 gauges “9 largo”,
marketed under mark GOLIAT, with a license of Shine Palomo Puyol in 1936, Nº
141037.
The workshop is destroyed in 1937
by a fire and an explosion.
I associate you what I found on
the logos of stick “A.E.”, just as curious low a relief which is in Venice, and
which St George represents. A curious resemblance to that of these splendid
plates which I believe are in horn of buffalo.
The quoted revolver would be thus
the Twenties, since Calvó quotes it in its article.
The plates are very very
beautiful.
It is St George. Very resembling
in that, Venice. (See illustration)
All that is in the very beautiful
book of J.L. Calvó “Industria Will arm Nacional 1830-1940 - Fabricas,
Privilegios, Patentes y Marcas.”
Roberto
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