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The Fabbri Imperative

An Iora-Engraved Masterpiece in Rose & Scroll...

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The Fabbri Imperative

An Iora-Engraved Masterpiece in Rose & Scroll...

An Imagined Journey

You lift the lid of the leather case and the morning light spills across steel that seems almost alive—blues, plums, and golds drifting across the action like shifting water. For a moment, the room goes quiet.

A Fabbri.

Not just any Fabbri, but an over-under, fully engraved by Ferruccio Iora. The scrollwork flows like silk over the casehardened surface, every line deliberate, every cut the product of absolute mastery.

You lift the gun from its cradle. The balance settles instantly, as if the stock has known your hands for years. The figure of the walnut glows, the gold and silver inlays catching a spark of sun. Even before mounting it, you can feel the purpose in its dimensions, the promise in its weight.

For a moment you simply stand there, holding a piece of work that took more time, skill, and discipline than most objects ever receive in a lifetime.

This is not a gun you merely own.

It is a gun you experience.

A gun you remember.

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