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    Scrimshaw: Second attempt at scrimshaw

    Amazing!
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    Critique Request First Engraving with Carbide Graver

    Hey y’all, My first engraving with a carbide graver. Looking for feedback! Any tips are welcome. Gear used: Graversmith, 901 handpiece, 90 degree V-point carbide graver, cheap Amazon ball vise, blabla… Thanks for viewing, have a great day! Tristan.
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    Critique Request Knife I did.

    Very nice! Did you sharpen the gravers that broke off to proceed with the graver you just fixed? Or did you have other gravers available ready to go and re-sharpened the broken gravers after the work was done? Curious and still learning, have yet to engrave something in stainless and I wonder...
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    Critique Request Late Night Engraving

    Hey y’all, This must be my fifth engraving, if not counting the botched practice plates with just random lines and scribbles. This one took me two hours to complete. I also sharpened my two gravers (0.4 and 0.8 QC flats) by hand after watching Sam Alfano’s video a few times on how to sharpen...
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    Question: (SOLVED) C-Max & Glensteel for the QC holder?

    @AllenClapp, @dhall and @tdelewis, Thanks so much for clearing this up and being so patient with me. I spent my afternoon watching some GRS sharpening videos, all is super clear now. I think I even fully understand how the Powerhone and the fixtures work just by watching those videos, rewind a...
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    Graver Geometry - Color Lines?

    Funny you should say that, because I promised my girlfriend we’re going to the States this year. Hope I can deliver, haha. I see you’re from NC! I have no idea how to plan this vacation since there’s too many ground to cover in two-three weeks… and there’s a lot we want to see that’s so far...
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    Question: (SOLVED) C-Max & Glensteel for the QC holder?

    Thanks @tdelewis! I’m curious, what would be the best approach to grind a flat spot on a graver shank and what tools are needed? Thanks again, Tristan.
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    Question: (SOLVED) C-Max & Glensteel for the QC holder?

    Hello Allen, I mailed Greg about this but he has yet to reply. However Doug’s reply makes me think the flat spots are not necessary since you pair a graver with a collet permanently. In my naiveity I thought QC gravers are for QC collets exclusively hence the flat shank, and C-Max and...
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    Question: (SOLVED) C-Max & Glensteel for the QC holder?

    Hello Doug! Oh okay I get it now! Took me a few re-reads. Once a graver is installed into a QC holder it’s not supposed to come out. If you run out of QC collets, you just buy new ones for the gravers that haven’t got their dedicated holder yet. It’s designed this way so sharpening is easier...
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    Graver Geometry - Color Lines?

    Hey @alwayslearning2012 , I don’t mean to come across as arrogant or know-it-all or pompous or just plain unfriendly or… I have terrible OCD haha, my bold text is to keep my replies clutter-free, and is just my way of saying to everyone they don’t have to read all the tedious volumes of...
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    Critique Request First Engravings!

    Hello again Allan, Thanks for your input. I do draw, albeit on an iPad and PC. I snatched this of the net real quick just so I could start transfering and engraving right away to work on my technique. Here’s my latest commissioned illustration for a mechanic friend of mine, should anyone be...
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    Graver Geometry - Color Lines?

    Hey thanks! I’m accepting that there’s no such thing as a specific graver that makes the lines appear black when freshly cut. Can’t blame a man for asking though! This answer, together with previous replies from Doug, Andrew, Allen and Allan I can finally give it a rest haha. Thank you all for...
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    Graver Geometry - Color Lines?

    This is the look I’m after! EDIT: @DaveatWeirs solved this one for me in next reply!
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    Graver Geometry - Color Lines?

    Hello, I wish I could but I’m in Belgium! ;) But I did look into the DVD lessons and I think I will buy some of those! Thanks and have a great day, Tristan.
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    Graver Geometry - Color Lines?

    Hey Andrew, nice of you to reply! I’m slowly starting to realize that, haha. It’s just all so much information, some right some wrong some inbetween, and often contradicting and hard to solve without the help of this forum. But this thread has given me plenty insight and corrections on my way...
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