Recent content by MRoyse

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    stamp removal

    thank you both for the insight! you have been a great help.
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    stamp removal

    I have a S&W 44Mag im engraving for a client and he asked if i can remove the stamped S&W trademark to free up space for a detailed skull. I personally have never done anything like that and would be concerned about ruining the area. Is this even possible to do? it does take up alot of real...
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    sharpen liner graver.

    I do not have the graver yet so I may be wrong but it being a 6 line I imagine it will have 6 individual lined "grooves" and I am trying to figure how each individual groove will be sharpened over time.
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    sharpen liner graver.

    I just ordered a 6 line graver tool from GRS, how will I go about sharpening this, I have not seen anything on the GRS site either.
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    Coloring techniques??

    For a long while I have greatly admired a Engravers work (Kiselev engraver) and the art he creates on Zippo lighters, recently he was asked how he goes about the different coloring as it is not inly copper etc and his answer was very vague. I have been researching how to color metal with not...
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    Critique Request Recent “realistic” work

    The flow definitely works instead of static cross hatching, certainly give the art a organic feel and depth.
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    Critique Request Recent “realistic” work

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    coloring metal

    Ive seen pics of high end knives where the art was colored differently, almost like a patina to enhance the engraving work. any idea how this is done? heat treatment? chemicals? both? thanks in advance! M. Royse
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    Drawing on the work

    I have had alot of success with acrylic paint, the brand is called BASIC, you can get it from Michaels, found this out when my son spilled the paint on one of my practice plates so for the heck of it I let it dry and was drawing all over it with a med pencil. now if I want to draw directly onto...
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    Concerning the business of engraving.

    I too am in the same arena and this advise yo have given is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I owned a tattoo business for years until the droning of clients constantly wanting me to spend time designing and drawing art for a tattoo that they would get as soon as they had the money destroyed my...
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    want to start this career out right

    These skills I learned the hard way , I owned a tattoo studio for several years and you are very correct, all the time surrounding the actual work to be done takes more time by far! and yes putting a price tag on your work is a very daunting task for sure! I thank you for the advice for sure!
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    want to start this career out right

    I have been engraving a little over a year. last spring I attended a few classes with a master engraver and have been attentively practicing the scrolls and projects he laid out for me to cut over and over. Im at a point where I want to gather info on starting this as a vocation and want to...
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