His right hand grasps an imaginary hammer chisel, while the other holds an invisible gun. His hands are steady as he describes how to cut grooves into the barrel to weave in 24-karat gold.

I did knives, a lot of knives, for a long time. I didn’t even touch a gun for 12 years.” He began his engraving career tapping with a hammer and hardened chisel.

TEHRAN – Ghalamzani is the splendid art of engraving superb designs on various kinds of metals such as copper, brass, silver, and gold by the means of carving chisels. It seems that the history of ...