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Aallan621 replied to the thread Cup & Spoon.I get a lot of silver cups from Salisbury Pewter to engrave. Pretty good stuff & has a nice finished polish on it. Made in Salisbury...
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AJonathan, this is all great advice wish I had that starting out. John B's comment on H&C drawing a crowd is spot on, I do H&C at...
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AHoly cow volumes of incredible advice so far. The best knifes that I have found to engrave are Case, Buck, and American made Kershaw...
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AJon, if you can, practice with a hammer and chisel to use at the shows. It is the sound of the hammer hitting the chisel that attracts...
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AJust a thought, I never put a name on a gun and advise people against it. Why, because you never know what will happen to the gun after...
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Athe real question is was it a foot controlled or palm controlled......
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AOr a very early form of palm control
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Aallan621 replied to the thread Sketch for a bracelet.Louis There are a lot of great engravers here to follow and I look and sketch the work of a lot of them. But for me Sam is in a...
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Aallan621 replied to the thread Sketch for a bracelet.That's a nice beginning sketch. It starts off well at the circle cartouch where the initials will go. But it seems to get overly...
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AIn a conundrum, the old problem of pricing ones work. I just want to see what or how everybody is pricing their work. This seems to be a...
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AMaybe you ought to visit your neighbors and ask them if they can even hear your tapping. They probably can't.
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Aallan621 replied to the thread Concerning the business of engraving..There is a lot of great advice here. Tim is right, don't rush into putting out work until it is ready. But there is another bit of...
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AI'd say, don't let your current situation and need for an income boost fool you into seeking work too early. I've seen (we all have)...
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AMy start many years ago was cutting polished sidecutters on the construction site, the folks started bringing me their Buck 110's or...
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Aallan621 replied to the thread Vineyard belt buckle.When I started engraving in the jewelry business one of my teachers told me flat out that your first customers will be bad pays and...
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