Engraved Airgraver

[Brian Hochstrat]

This is kind of like a modern version of the John Rohner engraved hammer heads or an all in 1, engraving tool and study plate, how ever you want to look at it. Engraving on the round is hard to show, being you can only see about a 1/4 of the design at a time, but you can get the idea. I think it dresses the tool up nicely. Not a small job though, it took me a full day to complete. Oh and be warned if you decide to do this to one of your own tools, know that there is a ring milled out of the backside of this collar that leaves that area very thin, take caution or you could easily irreparably damage the collar. Also the steel is a bit tough, but not horrible.

As a side note, it is for sale. http://www.engraverscafe.com/showthread.php?9491-Custom-Airgraver-Classic-for-Sale

 

[sam]

Now that is very pretty!

 

[ChrisB]

Beautifull!!
Dang I must Do Mine as Well, Have The Warthog Tusk handle with Scrimwork, Might as well do the ring.

 

[Gemsetterchris]

That looks sweet
Some serious self confidence in your ability needed to tackle something like that!

 

[Cloudy]

The pearls are a nice extra touch- nice job!

 

[BrianPowley]

My warped sense of humor wants to know: What did you engrave it with?

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Yes that will cut better, just like a engraved hunting gun that shoots better

arnaud

 

[Brian Hochstrat]

One thing I forgot to mention is that the tool itself was never out of commission, I ordered a collar from the manufacturer. I then engraved it in the jig I use to hold pen barrels and then sent the tool and collar back to Steve Lindsay to swap out the collars. I would not recommend engraving the collar while on the tool. Firstly, you could not use the tool, but you could also damage the tool, remember these things are fit to very tight tolerances. So do be careful and go about it in a cautious manner if you decide to do this on your own tool.

Brian, more like warped sense of pot stirring What I will say is I used my standard arsenal of tools, all of which I like, but none of which I endorse. I do freely endorse Wheaties though, unfortunately they still won't put my picture on the box

Thanks all for the kind words, oh yeah, Like Arnaud said it cuts so much better now!

 

[fegarex]

Cool Brian,
Now you just need to add Barry's gold inlayed knob!
Rex

 

[sam]

I wonder when someone will engrave a graver.

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Okay, good thing you mentioned this Brian, it is just a show tool.
arnaud

 

[Brian Hochstrat]

Okay, good thing you mentioned this Brian, it is just a show tool.
arnaud

Not sure I understand what you are saying here.

This airgraver functions normally and the engraving is nice, but it is certainly does not render the tool useless for fear of damaging the engraving, as is the case when I engrave a knife or gun. What I am cautioning on my last post, is to not engrave the collar while it is on the airgraver or you run a risk of damaging the tool.

 

[BES]

I just nearly choked on saliva from the lust!
Magnificent engraving and a great tool!

I would have bought, and price is right!
But, alas, spent money on nova version of Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Adobe CS5)

A saliva flowing!

 

[jlseymour]

Brian now all you need is to put some Diamonds in the brass plugs...
Looks great...
Jerry

 

[KCSteve]

I wonder when someone will engrave a graver.

Heck, I do that all the time but it's nothing to look at.

In my first class Marty (Fancygun) gave me the tip about engraving what graver it is on the QC collet. With the Lindsay system there's no collet so you have to mark the graver itself. On the ones where I can* I engrave right on the side of the graver. This does two things - 1) it tells me what graver it is (116, 96, PC Bulino, etc.), and 2) it tells me what side goes 'up' when I put it back in the fixture to resharpen.

* Gravers made from inexpensive drill rod are soft enough (before I heat treat them) to engrave and so are the ones I do JB style with the brass rod behind a short bit of graver.

On the tougher gravers I just use a diamond file to make a mark showing which side goes up in the template and do my best to keep track of which graver it is.

Brian - thanks for showing this beauty and for letting us know how to do it if we want to. Now no one should mess up their AirGraver trying to engrave the collar while it's in place.

 

[JJ Roberts]

Airgraver Ring

Brian,I don't care what Arnaud says,your Classic Airgraver Ring looks great. J.J.:thumbs up:

 

[mitch]

Lynton McKenzie sometimes put little touches of engraving on his tools. If you look around my shop you'd find a few rosettes, etc., on some odds & ends, too. It just gives me a little smile...

 

[BrianPowley]

I guess I was misunderstood, and not pot stirring at all. That's the problem with text---you don't get verbal inflection to make your point and the next thing you know,we're off to races with useless banter.
I got the image of trying to engrave a tool using itself to do the work---sort of like a surgeon removing his own appendix. (Which was actually done years ago. I saw those pictures)
Sorry for the misunderstanding...........just sayin'

 

[Steveareno]

Hi Brian
Looking Good, I make these bent gravers so you can engrave your own engraver

They are good for getting in tough spots.

Steveareno