Quote Originally Posted by pinklather View Post
This man has a feel for craftsmanship. I was fortunate to sit under a 'smithing instructor who would take a few of the more promising students (not me) to teach them engraving. He was good. He showed me work from someone who was astounding. The price of the 'hogleg' was about $850. The engraving was $4600. This was in the '90s.
My point exactly, if you want hand engraving done well you have to pay for it. I did not mean to infer that you can't get it today. Most of us have to settle, if you want to call it that, for machine/laser engraving for economic reasons.

Bob