wow excellent video, i used to make inlay buckles, 2 plates one cut with jewler saw, soder together inlay stone buff real good. nickel silver . the engraving was always done by someone else. but no electric tools completely by hand. love to get back into that. that buckle was beautiful, thanks for the video
@@peterlunn8840 oh sorry, I just assumed you hadn't done hand engraving before (a lot of people haven't). Well then why so mean? Yea using a pneumatic helps with the force needed but it still takes a degree of skill, unlike machines. Granted doing push engraving does require the added skill of knowing the correct strength and pressure to use, but a pneumatic won't automatically just cut nice patterns in the same way a computer drawing tablet doesn't automatically draw art. Personally I prefer old school handpush engraving, but both take a degree of skill that's under appreciated
I get pneumatic for guns etc - steel is just hard work, but for precious metals? I trained with a guy called George Lukes - we did a lot of pictorial stuff on silverand 18ct for the middle east mostly commemorative stuff, pictures of buildings, forts, mosques and portraits - all with simple gravers
*The buckle is great! You have the highest level of craftsmanship and tooling! ;-)*
wow excellent video, i used to make inlay buckles, 2 plates one cut with jewler saw, soder together inlay stone buff real good. nickel silver . the engraving was always done by someone else. but no electric tools completely by hand. love to get back into that. that buckle was beautiful, thanks for the video
Wow nice .. !! What are the tools you are using where can i get them from?
Great skill!! I’ve been wanting to start my own little thing at home. Do you have recommendations for brands of engraving tools?
what size graver?
Beautiful job ....greetings from New York..👌🍀👋
Thank you we are glad you enjoyed the video
Can I send you a buckle to have you do the scroll work?
Wow.amazing
if you use a machine to engrave - its not 'hand engraving' - its machine engraving
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Have you actually seen my work? I think not
@@peterlunn8840 oh sorry, I just assumed you hadn't done hand engraving before (a lot of people haven't). Well then why so mean? Yea using a pneumatic helps with the force needed but it still takes a degree of skill, unlike machines. Granted doing push engraving does require the added skill of knowing the correct strength and pressure to use, but a pneumatic won't automatically just cut nice patterns in the same way a computer drawing tablet doesn't automatically draw art. Personally I prefer old school handpush engraving, but both take a degree of skill that's under appreciated
I get pneumatic for guns etc - steel is just hard work, but for precious metals? I trained with a guy called George Lukes - we did a lot of pictorial stuff on silverand 18ct for the middle east mostly commemorative stuff, pictures of buildings, forts, mosques and portraits - all with simple gravers
@@MrFlyingSquirl what brand of pneumatics do you use? Lindsay engraving?