Custom Trophy and Pen

That’s my bank! Good work!

what did you use to engrave the pen and the base. Thanks.

-- HardHead.

The engraving was done with an Epilog Laser Engraver. Sometimes on the pen I engrave through the wood down to the brass and then when you look at the inscription the brass shows up as kind of a highlight. When I do that though, it is critical that the glue the holds the brass barrel to the wood is spread evenly and covers as depending on the letters, there may be a little tiny piece of wood that is part of the letter that is only held on by the glue. Like the center of an “o” or “a”.

I don’t do that all the time, does look nice when the other trim is brass and when the wood is dark like the walnut on this project. Steve

-- Steve at WeekendWoodworking