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    Critique Request Gift for my wife

    The curve from the cheek bones under the eye, merging with the emerging protrusion of the outer flank of the nose. If you can see it, its done wrong. Its a pretty darn good cut. I could never get that right, which is why I don't do faces. Well done. Allan
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    Lettering question re: cutting Old English in the "ideal" order with bright cuts and regular line cuts

    I will work on it tomorrow and I'll post it in the afternoon unless there is already one available by the time I get here. . Its actually very simple and although it looks complicated to cut, its not.
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    Multi color inlay work

    Amazing - the collar on the swan, the beautiful lettering. and like Leonardo said, the work on the face is amazing, the prow of the boat. Everywhere you look there is something else to focus on in wonder. The engraver in me says, no matter what you charged, it wasn't enough.
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    Help: Is this die retouching?

    Usually there is one master die from which all the working dies are made. If there is a defective die made from the master it probably won't be used. This is for a couple of reasons. First, all coins must be identical, if not then people will lose confidence in the currency. It doesn't make...
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    Quick question about dividers.

    The thing about dividers is that they are metal. We work engraving tools into different shapes and dividers are the same. I have a pair of dividers that has a very thin point on it so it makes an easily burnished over center divot. The other side of the dividers has been sharpened like an...
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    Monogram experiment

    A great piece of cutting. The amazing thing, that is sometimes hard to teach, is to turn the work into the tool. If you look at the position of his hand as he's cutting, it basically stays in place. The only movement of the tool is to roll it over to the right and left to decrease or increase...
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    Critique Request Some letters drawn

    Actually there are a lot of occasions for elevating the lower case letters above the baseline, especially if you're just engraving a single name. The height of the piece you are working on may be cramped; especially if you have descender and asscender letters. If the first letter of the name is...
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