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Long before power assisted engraving became popular engraving consisted of mainly two techniques. There was the hammer and chisel and hand engraved. One used the hammer and one used only the hand to move the cutting tool. They are two types of engraving. Now it is popular to have air power to move the cutting tool. It is also a form of engraving. In summary, long before air power came along, hand engraving meant that you propelled the graver with only the hand. Somehow the term hand pushed was used to describe hand engraving. It would be nice to see an original name used to describe power assisted engraving. Remember that these are techniques are all under the umbrella of "engraving". As for myself, I don't care how it gets done and I wish I owned every fancy tool out there. As far as hand engraving, it's pure satisfaction when you get it right and utter disappointment when you don't.