Just finished hand engraving the steel frame of a tattoo machine. Some tattoo artists like their equipment to look classy! The pictures will give you an idea of the process that I used.
It looks great, I guess I am going to have to engrave mine now. Have you ever engraved with a tattoo gun? I had never heard of it and a friend of mine, his name is Brent Pearson from Colorado was telling me about it and he sent me a paper that was wrote about it. It's about 20 pages long and it shows different styles and techniques that can be done with it. It is a very interesting read for us people that love engraving.
Nice work David, I do a lot of tattoo machines too. I've been in the tattoo business since 1980 so most tattooers know about me and many want me to engrave their machines as collectors items. Good thing for me cause I sure ain't the best engraver available. There's some pix on my profile, I tried to post them here but can't figure that part out.
Yeah, yeah, glad you like it Monk! The stippling was done with my rotary tool this time. I am getting more confident with it and I like the look. I admit it is a bit risky.