Old School Stone Wheel Hand Engraving
The lost art form of Hand Engraving also known as Carborundum Wheel and Copper Wheel Engraving. This method was very popular in the early 1900’s to the mid 1900’s and later, there were many large engraving factories around the country that produce mostly pattern work on a large array of glassware items. Unfortunately, all of them are gone today.
This form of engraving is considered a lost art form today with only a handful of engravers around who still practice the lost art. Every cut is totally made free hand with no guides to follow. Only China Crayon markings to help in placements of the cuts.
It is truly amazing to watch an engraver engraving a piece of glass with no guides to follow, sometimes marking the area of engraving using a china crayon and using only eyesight and imagination to guide him, every cut made into the glass is totally free hand. The finished cuts are much deeper, sharper look and have a very unique look to the engraved area, you cannot duplicate these cuts with any other engraving process.
There are no trade schools where one could go to learn the craft any longer, usually it is passed down from a family member or a friend. It takes several years to perfect the trade. Hand etched product truly have a very unique look to the finished piece
The Hand Engraved Method of engraving is perfect for engraving monogram styles, either 3 letter monograms for initials or for engraving a name, name and date, or name, title, and date for groomsman and bridesmaid gifts. The Hand Engraving has a more custom look to the engraved letters than you would typically find using font styles when using the sandblasting method. We offer 7 different 3 letter monogram styles, single letter Old English style lettering and for engraving names and dates we offer 6 different layout styles which we can add a leaf pattern if you like for no addition, which makes the engraving more of a custom look. We also have 18 different Hand Engrave Design styles that we offer which are;
Palm Tree Design Mallard Design Clipper Ship Design Rose Design Eagle Design Ketch Design Wheat Design Sailfish Design Sloop Design Cherry Design Horse Head Design Galleon Design Grape Design Pineapple Design Sailboat Design
You have a choice of engraving any design style above or one of 16 monogram styles that are included in pricing of each item. You can add any design style to a monogram style for an additional cost of $4.95 per piece.