"Extended Graver" Handles & why?

 I have in my possession an estimated 12 gravers of all lengths, why so many? During a period of many months, these gravers will get radically shortened from continual use.

  It gets to a point, either I throw them away or keep them. My answer is a definite 'keep them' but how can they be still useful if they are so small? The answer is in buying an "Extended-Graver" handle, this is the "correct generic SQU name".

  There are two kinds of handles, either a "One-Screw" or a  "Two-Screw" style handle. I'll be showing you both of them holding a graver, then you can make your decision about which to buy and eventually use.

 In this important essay, I won't delve into how to polish these gravers, this was covered in great detail in my previous essays. I'm showing only the difference and important styles of handles, agree with me?  

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 Many of my gravers are made with the HSS Glardon insignia, I trust them 100%. I use either the "E.C. Muller".

 In previous years I used a shortened handle, with these I was delegated to throw the well-used graver to the proverbial 'dustbin'.

 The "1-Screw" handle has its drawbacks, supposing that the 1- screw gets ruined by over-tightening. 

 It'll be tough luck, goodbye handle. Always buy the "2-screw" version, if one screw is ruined you still have the other to hold your graver.

 Instead of interchanging your gravers in one handle, buy as many as you possibly can. They are so very cheap, trust me!

 I've changed all of my older shortened handles, to the two-hole versions, why?

 I have 2-3 handles for my "Rough-Cutting" gravers. Another batch for the "Flat-Gravers" and another group for "Bead-Raising" blades. This list of graver needs is now one handle for each graver.

"Just don't go cheap." 

Gerrylewy18@gmail.com