Do you use a "FLAT" SHAPED GRAVER? => 14 photos

This FLAT GRAVER is a well-used metal cutting tool. It has been shaped to cut into the most delicate areas.

 

  There are many shapes of gravers; we will be dealing only with the 'Flat Shape' in this essay.

 Many stone setters will prefer a short & wide blade. I prefer the shape as seen in the first photo. 

 These blades, as shown in these photos, are completely without any form and can eventually be used for stone setting.

  As you see, this graver (made by another manufacturer) is also 'HSS'. All that remains is to use your 'bench grinder' and shape the front of the blade.

There is much interesting information embossed on the blade.

1. "HSS" is the tensile strength of the steel.

2. "Swiss Made" means where the graver was produced.

3. "N 4" refers to the width and its numerical size.

4. "Vallorbe" refers to the municipality in Switzerland.

5. "Glardon" was the original owner in 1898.

 All gravers that are manufactured these days are 'HSS', which means that they are created to last for many months. The 'HSS' means that the steel blade has been modified to be of "High Speed Steel". The #2/0 & #4 refer to the width of the blade.

 Here are a few common designs of blades. My preferences are the commonly used Onglette & Flat. The Knife, Round and Bevel are mainly used in engraving designs in metal.

 You can see on the bottom blade, the jeweller, or stone setter, shaped the graver blade to their exacting proportions. He did his 'graver shaping' on the bench grinder.

  Here is my favourite handle that holds securely any graver with two screws. One screw might get badly worn that will render the device useless. I always buy a 'two-screw' handle, as shown here.

 Any Flat graver will be instrumental in any decorative metal cutting.

 Here are some examples of metal cutting that both the Onglette and Flat gravers can achieve in unison.

 

 One side of this heart pendant was carved with the Onglette, while the right side was finished with a Flat graver.

                                 

 This particular information on the side of this Flat graver tool refers only to the company name and the specific size of the blade.