Your going to do real well at lettering and monograms Dani Girl. You could nake a living on just this aspect of your engraving. Fred
Fred or anyone else who can speak to this.... How much work in a decent sized city like Phoenix or San Diego can someone expect to find if you where good at lettering? Can someone truly make a decent living with this aspect of engraving alone?
Donny
Here is a quick writing sample.
If you want to experiment with different nib angles and widths cheaply: get some bamboo and carve pen points. Here are a few of mine, shaped for southpaw overhand writing...
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