Before I opened this kit, the only engraving I’d ever done was an accidental swipe of a sharp tool across metal I was using to make jewelry! Total newbie. Rio’s hand engraving kit includes a DVD to help you get started, even from the earliest beginner level like me. Scrollwork and curlicues (I LOVE curlicues!), monograms, and other designs make even new and modern jewelry look old fashioned and give it a certain air that usually only comes with age. I love the old-school feel that hand-engraved details give metal objects and jewelry. So when Rio Grande invited me to try their hand engraving kit, I jumped at the chance.Įngraving has always been high on my list of jewelry techniques to learn. The romantic in me loves to think about how many special sentiments, notable dates, monograms, and other one-of-a-kind designs those tools created. Imagine all the anniversary gifts, wedding bands, watches, and other jewelry that was personalized using those tools. I loved knowing that he and his grandfather used those tools for hundreds of hours. They had a magical quality about them that can only come with age and the labor of love. Years later, when he showed me his grandfather’s hand-engraving tools, my eyes welled up with tears. My heart was bursting when his mother told me a charming story about him engraving a silver platter in his grandfather’s shop at the age of 5. |Sponsored| I have a very dear, talented friend who is a third-generation jeweler.
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