My equipment and examples of engraving are pretty well covered on the posts on ‘my setup’, ‘graver sharpening’ and ‘engraving-technical’ and are an essential background, but I thougth it was all a bit intimidating and implied that you needed to spend a lot of money before you could do anything, so I have set out here to offer a minimalist approach!
There are several essentials to deal with before you can begin begin, seeing, holding, and sharpening, plus you need something to engrave and an idea of what you want to put on it! All take a bit of thinking about, so here is my a starting point ;- engraving screw heads:-
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