GaryW
New Member
OK guys I've been hanging around here for a few months now so I'll introduce myself and give a little background. My name is Gary Perkins, I live in the low country of South Carolina ( for you guys in the upper mid-west and northeast, I was outside in short sleeves today). I've been a custom jeweler and hand engraver for close to 40 years. Most all of my engraving is commercial stuff, lettering on jewelry and holloware etc. I did some gun engraving back in the 70's but never could make a go of it. Something to do with competing with McKenzie, Prudhomme, you know, guys like that. That was also the last time I cut steel. I don't have a suitable camera, and truthfully most of my work is not worthy of taking pictures of anyway. However, I do have the photos of the rings I made few years back for the Altadis cigar rep. Those are included here. I hope to be able to some work for myself that I can post for you to look at. Meanwhile, if there's anything I can help anybody with on the jewelry fabrication/ gemstone side, I would be more than happy to help. That's where my real talent lies now anyway.
Thanks for letting me talk, and I'm glad to be here.
Thanks for letting me talk, and I'm glad to be here.