Silk purse, sow's ear

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Some of you will have already seen this on Facebook... Sorry!

I've been trying to engrave more objects and fewer practice plates - practice plates are great, but it's a different set of challenges to doing layout & engraving on a finished object. So...

Inexpensive aluminium bottle openers. I can't over-emphasise how unpleasant this stuff is to engrave; it's gritty, gummy, varying in hardness, the graver wants to dive at inopportune moments - fun all round.



Plaitwork for the next one I think (although I've seen some skull borders that might be entertaining to try).