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    Critique Request progress on first crack at gun engraving

    Yeah the server is being tricky my camera takes too much detail and the server can't handle the picture size so I screen shot them but when they upload they are all fuzzy i will try to figure something out
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    Critique Request progress on first crack at gun engraving

    I realise my pics came out fuzzy so here are some others
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    Critique Request progress on first crack at gun engraving

    So as of right now im 2 days into this little personal project. It is a CVA colt pocket police in 36 Cal. it is a percussion gun, and yes it is loaded and has been for the past 6 years. I don't work on it with the cylinder in and once I get to engraving on the cylinder I will clear it before...
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    titanium???

    That looks great and Il definitely check out your stuff thanks for the info
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    titanium???

    Anyone ever engrave on titanium? I'm thinking about trying it but don't know if it's worth it there are some really nice watches and knives made with titanium too but how is it to cut?
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    first crack at an engraved wedding band

    It's round on every surface so trying to keep a constant cutting angle was quite tricky much like watch links but worse. A flatter ring would be easier but this ring was more rounded
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    first crack at an engraved wedding band

    That's a fantastic idea I'm sure I can dig something up thanks
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    first crack at an engraved wedding band

    I decided to bring back and old wedding band I had picked up in scrap that was worn out pretty good. I had thought about using it as casting scrap a few years back but never could bring myself to do it the band is made from sterling and the rope borders were near smooth all the way around and...
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    rhodium?

    Now that one that I haven't heard of yet is that normal printer ink or like the toner used in a laser printer?
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    rhodium?

    I think I've seen a couple of others using the flat black Rust-Oleum, seems like probably the easiest method by far
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    rhodium?

    Has anyone out there used black rhodium for backgrounds or shading lines if not what do y'all use?
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    hobo nickels

    Thankyou for the info
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    hobo nickels

    What do you all think of engraving hobo nickels (nickels used loosly) has anyone gotten decent return on time spent working on them? I've done one each night for the past three days just to practice the Jefferson first followed by the quarter then stepping it up to the Queen Elizabeth II an...
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    New try on Kershaw Leek

    I personally really like what you've done with this piece and the leek is actually one ive been wanting to work on myself. I say keep up the good work
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    Frank Hendricks

    My name is Eric sotelo, I'm still pretty new to engraving kind of figuring out what I'm good at and looking at different references stuff like that
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    Frank Hendricks

    My dad used to do a lot of work with Frank and (Gary Richards if anyone knows him) while he was in San antonio. He owns a little Gunshop in town both good men and hand engravers. They are who got me interested in engraving in the first place
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    styles of engraving

    I appreciate the info
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    styles of engraving

    Still fairly new to engraving I was wondering what all the styles of engraving are and any examples I've tried Google searches but all I can ever really pull up is laser and computer engraving aside from scroll work and bulino. ive been doing some picture type engraving similar to bulino but...
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    just getting started

    I appreciate it
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    just getting started

    Hello all my name is Eric sotelo I'm a multicraftsman of sorts that does a lot of carving on mostly bone and wood with some ivory and meerschaum here and there and have even made a few pieces of jewelry for my self and a couple others using lost wax method but what I'm really trying to get into...
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