This had to happen sooner or later – engrave some jewelry. It’s a first try with a new technique, so I started out cheaply – sterling silver ring done in lumenesque style. Basically a modified bright cut for jewelry. Very bright and shiny indeed.

Engraving was quite a challenge, as there are two radii to follow with a graver (ring itself and the curved surface) and I have no muscle memory for this yet. Cuts are made with highly polished graver to make the cut surfaces mirror-like. Surprisingly, it came out quite all right.

Here’s the final result.

Engraved ring

Ring engraving close-up

Ring on a finger

Few more practices, then I can make one to rule them all.

This one is currently on sale, contact me for a price.

What are the best days for engraver? When a customer comes in and says “Do me something nice on that silver Zippo. I like your scrollwork and just do your thing. I’m sure it’ll be good looking lighter”.

So I get to drawing board, I can try out some new styles, play with ideas for a while and then “do my thing” on a lighter. Sure it can take way more time than allowed by the budget, but it’s fun and I’m always learning new things for the future.

One engraving style that has fascinated me since I first saw it, is called “Liberty”. It has quite unique look to it and can be concluded with one work - spaghetti’s. But very beautiful and graceful ones.

Without further ado, here my next Zippo project on a silver body.

Hand engraved Zippo

Here’s an engraved silver Zippo I did for a customer. As this was my first project where I had to engrave on sterling silver I had some doubts about it, but it turned out just great. Sterling was very well engrave-able and result looks really good. Design was submitted by customer, all I had to do was to engrave it.

Hand engraved silver Zippo

Hand engraved Zippo in a box

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