The Jewelry Engravers Manual

By R. Allen Hardy and John J. Bowman. Clear, step-by-step instructions, accompanied by scores of illustrations, tell how to cut initials and inscriptions using a variety of alphabets, including script, ribbon, vertical script and Roman letters, as well as block and Old English. You'll also learn how to design and cut initials in monograms, what forms to use for properly decorating and embellishing engraved work, and how to correctly shape and maintain tools, particularly square script gravers - a tool basic to many different kinds of engraving. 143 pages, soft cover.