Why use 'Adjustable Graver Handles"? => 6 photos

 In the earlier days, all the setters had were little round balls of wood with a hole in the centre. Thankfully, we've advanced to an easier method to hold our gravers.

 Many times, the engraver or setter had to fashion the handle to fit their hand or fingers.

 BTW, the multi-screw handle (shown on the right) securely holds the graver and prevents the blade from unexpected movement.

  I drilled little holes into the wood. It was my earlier method of 'graver <=> handle' identification.

 The centre handle shows where the handle broke while inserting a new blade. This could never happen in an 'Adjustable' graver handle.

 Now compare this handle, which is completely adjustable for any length of blade.

 These basic wooden handles had a limited lifespan when the holes used to hold the graver were worn out..."Goodbye, new wooden handle."

 If the graver was hammered too heavily to get the blade into the wood, it would literally split and render the new handle unusable or ruined.

  It isn't the length of the graver as shown here, it's the amount of 'life' that the user can get from it.

 Only an 'adjustable' graver handle can give the setter, or engraver, what is required. I could get months or a year from one blade.

 If you only had one handle to use, then that one handle could be bought to suit your ongoing requirements.