In process die engraving
After listening 2 workshops in Engrave-In 2009 about die making, I just had to try it out myself. Dies are used in making certain items in large quantities. Coins, pins and allRead More…
Some new engraved stuff
Here are some things I’ve completed recently. Double bevel cut Zippo, vintage 1941B model: While browsing around in some shop I found an interesting thing – stainless tablecloth hanger. To tell theRead More…
Sculpting and travelling
I just arrived back from US, where I spent 3 weeks learning engraving, visiting Blade Show and Engrave-In. Time well spent. Met a lot of new people, learned bunch of new stuffRead More…
One more spoon
Different things have taken up my time lately, so not much has been going on related to engraving and knife making. But the other day I engraved a spoon. It was againRead More…
Engrave-In 2008 video
In 2008 I participated in engravers get together called Engrave-In at Scott Pilkington’s place. This is annual even held after Blade Show. Joe Rundell made a workshop about gunstock carving and goldRead More…
Engraved Zippo
Don’t you just love it when you get something done? Past few weeks I’ve been working on a Zippo engraving for a customer. My first idea was to make it rather simpleRead More…
Engraved guitar pickup cover
When the word goes around, all kinds of strange things are wanted to be engraved. Knives, spoons, Zippos are now quite regular. And them comes someone who asks whether I could engraveRead More…
Engraved memory sticks
Here are two quick engravings on memory sticks. The engraving style is called ‘piddling’, or if I want to sound expensive, then ‘double bevel’ engraving. As these memory sticks are made fromRead More…
2 quick engraving jobs
Here are two quick engravings I had to do. These little projects are really good for both design and technique practice. Relatively small and fast projects.
Learning English scroll
There’s a scroll style called English scroll. Probably the earliest type of scrolls of them all. I wanted to learn it the other day, but it’s a real trial and error whenRead More…