

Engrave-In
Having a blast in Monteagle Tennesee! at the 9th annual Engrave-In


Road Trip Day 2
Left Salt Lake City at 10:30am and headed to Denver by way of Wyoming. The rocks on the way were spectacular and while Bleak at times the...


Road Trip Day 1
Leaving Seattle at 4:30 am may seem crazy but then Road tripping for a month and 10 days probably seems crazy too. The morning treated me...


Green man on Barber quarter
I bought a handful of barber quarters the other day and decided to create a set of buttons. some weeks back I acquired a Rad new vest...


Triad of Celtic Knots cut on Mercury dimes.
Celtic Knots have always been a fascination of mine. Early on in my exploration of engraving I was told by one engraver that celtic knots...


The Cauldron Born
Host coin is a 1942 walking liberty Half dollar. A work in progress for the past week :-)


The 7 Chakras
This week I obsessed over cutting a set of chakra coins. Using mercury dimes from the 40's as host coins the set is now complete. I look...


Labyrinth Engraving Process
In response to the wonderful feedback I received about this coin It became clear that i needed to begin a blog. The host coin is a Morgan...


Completed Labyrinth
A quick polish with a combination of Renaissance wax and powdered "tam o shanter" stone seals the oxides and gives a very nice sheen to...


Adding tone
With cutting completed I used a gun blue pen to oxidize the surface for contrast. Two or three applications give a deep nearly black tone...