Very, very interesting! My Granda (born 1896) was a trained engraver (in Ireland). His son, my father, picked up on writing in "Copper Plate" script and produced absolutely gorgeous, everyday letters - because, at that time, there was no other common way to communicate with others. Two of my brothers work in the jewellery business, with one being an ace at polishing and the other being a genius at engraving. I've tried it. What no-one tells you is just how fucking hard it is! All I ever tried my hand at (at my brother's instruction) was engraving copper, silver and gold. Those are very soft metals, so how folks could show such perfection on much harder metals like steel will remain an eternal mystery for me. As a memento, I have a 24-carat gold medallion produced by my brothers for our eldest sister, Leaoghn, (born 1946) for her 50th birthday and hand-engraved by my dear brother. She died of breast cancer in the year 2000 and on the reverse of the medallion, that very same brother sadly engraved both her date of birth and her date of death. I wear that medallion every day around my neck in her memory. That may sound mawkish, admittedly, but so what? MsG

A very straight forward and lucid presentation of fine craftsmanship, sir. And I must add, your voice sounds very much like Stewart Granger...uncanny.

nice! i like seeing craftsmen do great work. :)

Very skilled work. Thanks for sharing Peter.

Thank you very much for sharing sir! Thank you, Cory

i like that tecnique very much👍 thanks for the video. i hope we will see many more videos

Thank you so much for making this video! I am an inspiring artist and learning on my own.

What are you using underneath your work to turn it around? Thanks

Can you give some information about the tool your using? cheers

This is so cool!

thanks for video!

Very impressed. I also thought this was being done by power tools. Glad people still do things the old way. My hats off to you for craftsmanship

Do you have a belly on the graver or is your handle bent upward like the print makers do?

What are you engraving with? And what all can I use to engrave metal

I would be interested to know what material the tool consists of

Amazing!!

Awesome. What size graver are you using?

What tools/specifications are used?

so good to see real hand engraving, without power assistance

Exelent job.

Nice work

nice work

What is the name of the graver being used?

Beautiful work! I am planning to learn engraving as the next step in jewelry making techniques.

Can I ask.... What type of engravers are you using for steel? I have a nice set... But are recommended fot wood...and i have steel i nèd to engrave. Thank you for any recommendations.

Interesting like your video.

Nice work, I like to see the traditional ways still being used.

Where can i get that rotating base

What tools are you using? Is there a kit, or different tools you would reccomend?

Great stuff Peter ! It's freshening to see someone from Ontario do engraving. I haven't started engraving yet, trying to figure out if I should go pneumatic or power assisted or hand push.

Very nice.

Thanks r uploading this Peter. I wish though that someone would do a tutorial explaining the different shaped scorpers, what they are for and how to use them.

Very beautiful. I want mine and my wife’s wedding bands hand engraved in this style. I had my previous wedding bands from my first marriage hand engraved like this in Bucharest Romania by a very old engraver who also did my parent’s bands in the 70’s. But I live Upstate New York now and I doubt I could find anyone who can do anything beyond electro pencil. Such a dying art form. I appreciate the video. Thank you for taking the time out to make it and upload it

that was really sweet

Impressive

Do you recommend doing this before you buy a compressor?

But these burins are can be used in very soft metals like silver or gold. But what would happen if I wanted to record it in a piece of brass or but still of stainless steel ???

Peter Cook Greteengs from Romania, Europe ! Tel me please, what paint you use or how you prepare this paint ? ( white, of course ) Good luck and thanks!

What instrument did you use ?

Super

What is the name of this tool you use to make the recording

Im engraving a patch box in brass on a flintlock rifle and cant seem to get my gravers to cut that well I have watched the sharpening videos and am sure I'm doing it right but I don't have a rotating vice

thank you ..

Hey what tool is that? do you think it would work well for firearms?

great stuff where can i purchase hand engraving chisels I can' seem to find them on the net.

super!

Would you use is carving machine or hand carved, thank you

EVERYBODY I HAVE AN ANSWER maybe someone has already put this but, the tool he is using is called a burin. Its used to do engraving in soft metals like copper, silver, zinc... It is very small, as you can see. His fingers are huge compared to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burin_(engraving)

What kind of metal was that? Looked like stainless steel. How about cast brass....same or some other pointers?

Now I need to find a video on sharpening a graver

Serious question. What happens if you slip and scratch the work at the end of a VERY long job?

What do you use? Is it just a regular wood carving chisel?

Where can I find this tool? Thanks

Thank you so much for this video. Every other video I've been able to find, require a hammer and chisel method; or use a Gravermax machine which costs over $1200 , not an option . Peter Cook, would you please tell us what you are using to hold your metal piece? It looks like an angled turntable of somekind . The work clamps which stonesetters use , are the only ones I've seen used in videos thus far, and they cost $600. I have designed a bronze plaque with acid etching and a scribe , but irhe design turned out not to be done deep enough as the weather has already made it hard to see, in just a few months. I am hoping to make it deeper with a graver , by hand. Finger's crossed. I plan to practise on something else for a while as I'd hate to ruin the piece, which is a memorial plaque ,and very important to me. I know you posted this video a few years ago, but I'm hoping you still check the comments. :-)

What tools is he using, I’m looking on amazon for engraving tools and it comes up with punches and stuff

Definitely becoming a lost art my dad used to write in handwriting like that!

Peter, when the Wimbledon cup is won, the graver does the name on the spot. Does he using a machine or is it hand graved?

looks very simple until I start doing it...I have to engrave two initials on a ring. thanks for the upload

Nice Hand Engraving~

Please let me know what tools I need. Thank you.

what was that you were engraving silver

Peter cook, great artistry and thanks for taking the time to make the video. No disrespect, but next time can you be a lot more informative as to what tools and sizes are being used and what your using to hold your work and turn it as you do your engravings.

what is the name of that tool

hi, great job. where can i buy the engraver with that shape? thanks

I am new to engraving.You look you are applying minimal pressure to the graver and your lines are deep,the only way I can make a cut is by applying very hard pressure-is this because I am a woman and don't have the muscle strength?In addition,my lines are tuning out very shallow-more like scrapes rather than nice engraving😞Would anyone know of any tricks to control the graver better please?

My grandfather do this work and I also want to learn this technique its on his way to extinction

Do you do guns?

My work hand engraving chheni hathody, India , Delhi , eny metal ,stechu and oll taip

Are you aware that Sonoran desert institute uses your video as part of their curriculum?

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You should be wearing gloves tsk tsk. but thanks for the video 🖒

There are machines that also engrave. Think it would be much faster

What are you engraving with? And what all can I use to engrave metal