Custom Hand Engraving by R.Quecke

  • Black and white pet portrait design featuring two dogs with intricate swirling decorative elements.
  • A hand engraved pendant necklace with an oval frame featuring a realistic engraved portrait of a dog with a lovely expression, set against a dark background.
  • A close-up of a luxury wristwatch with a black skeletal design, featuring a skull with an open mouth and hooded figure on the watch face, intricate metalwork on the case and band, and orange and silver hands showing the time.
  • Close-up of a brass card holder with intricate black leaf arabesque and a gothic ‘A’ design engraved on the front.
  • Close-up of two engraved silver rings with floral and ornate designs on a black background.
  • Close-up of an engraved pendant with a blue rose design and ornate details.
  • Close-up of a black engraved tattoo machine with ornate lettering, possibly for a collectible or decorative item, with a circular hole at the top.
  • A close-up of an engraved knife bolster with a detailed, ornate border and an engraved image of praying hands.
  • Close-up of an ornate engraved lighter with intricate scroll patterns in gold and black.
  • Close-up of black and white engraved pendant of a rose with intricate ornamental border details.
  • Decorative metal lighter with an engraved image of a winged eagle and ornate scrollwork
  • Decorative metal tag with intricate, swirling floral patterns and a border of small circular designs.
  • Close-up of black, silver, and gold metal watch bracelets with intricate engraved designs
  • Close-up of an ornate, engraved tattoo machine with intricate patterns and floral designs, set against a black background.
  • Close-up of a silver decorative bracelet with floral engraving’s against a black background.
  • A folding pocket knife with a mother-of-pearl handle, gold decorative accents, and a partially opened stainless steel blade, displayed on a reflective black surface.
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Making the stuff you own, that much cooler.

Creating heirloom quality engravings on jewelry, knives, watches, tattoo machines and much more. Every design is one of a kind and carefully crafted to suite each client’s vision.

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The beginning and end of last week, I happened to have two titans of tattooing, hanging out and cutting metal at my place. Just coincidence that they both came up the same week. Such an honor to be around these inspiring guys. @robertatkinson_tatto
The beginning and end of last week, I happened to have two titans of tattooing, hanging out and cutting metal at my place. Just coincidence that they both came up the same week. Such an honor to be around these inspiring guys. @robertatkinson_tattoo @atkinsonengraves @pauldobleman It was good times.
No one actually likes prep, right? This is one side of a plate for a student tomorrow, finished at 400grit/30micron. So they have an example to do the other side to. I get cold roll steel plates cut for practice and for students, they require finish prep, as you can see from the first portion of this. Learning to prepare things I feel is so important, and with the stuff I like to do, I play with textures a lot, so I need control of every aspect. You might think to not bother on a practice plate, but it’s all necessary practice. I have a story about not prepping a practice plate, and how it was the first thing noticed and I was called out for it. Being called out by one of my biggest influences, since I sent it to them to critique, made an impact on me. All that said, on finished pieces, you need to know and understand the finish. When you slip, scratch, scratch r even have to fix a full depth cut. You must know the finish and how to achieve it to match, otherwise what’s the point. Anyways. Hope y’all are well and making cool stuff as the world is a dumpster fire.
The homie @ericrose0001 asked me to make a pendant, this is the conclusion. This is 416 stainless with a lot of little tricks in it. It was quite fun to do. 50mmX10mmX3.5mm, hand cut and shaped from bar stock. All handmade. No lasers. No AI. Flip
The homie @ericrose0001 asked me to make a pendant, this is the conclusion. This is 416 stainless with a lot of little tricks in it. It was quite fun to do. 50mmX10mmX3.5mm, hand cut and shaped from bar stock. All handmade. No lasers. No AI. Flip through to see the very up close and personal videos of it. I appreciate you folks who make it to where I can live making things. At this point it’s all I know how to do. Forever chasing depth, composition, and flow.
Sooo, this project started with me being asked to do the sides of a ring for my buddy @a_e_craven. Unfortunately the photos of the ring I took didn’t come out to my liking (yes, I am human). There is a quick little video of it, scroll through t
Sooo, this project started with me being asked to do the sides of a ring for my buddy @a_e_craven. Unfortunately the photos of the ring I took didn’t come out to my liking (yes, I am human). There is a quick little video of it, scroll through to see. It’s a pretty cool ring and quite the honor to asked to do it for him. As of this little tattoo plaque. I have one that came from Bob Shaw, and in the beginning of me engraving I was engraving my version of his. They were fun and a lot of practice. I haven’t done one in a few years, but this is my updated version that makes them a little more time friendly. Hope everyone is well in this insane timeline we reside in.
Here is the good photos, the dramatically lit photos I have enjoy taking. This is number two for the AKI show in Vegas that I had the honor of being asked to engrave. Before I ever touched these ones, they are intimidatingly nice. Tom is an absolute
Here is the good photos, the dramatically lit photos I have enjoy taking. This is number two for the AKI show in Vegas that I had the honor of being asked to engrave. Before I ever touched these ones, they are intimidatingly nice. Tom is an absolute master of his craft. I wish everyone could experience this stuff, in person and in hand. I had a lot of fun doing these. Thank you all for looking. I hope everyone is doing well.
Here is one of the two I am engraving for @trovereynderknives for @artknifeinvitational 2025. As always, I can’t get over how perfect these are made. And that black lip pearl 🥹 depending on how the light hits it, sometimes it looks like the mo
Here is one of the two I am engraving for @trovereynderknives for @artknifeinvitational 2025. As always, I can’t get over how perfect these are made. And that black lip pearl 🥹 depending on how the light hits it, sometimes it looks like the most incredible skyline. If you’re attending the show, say hi to Tommy and see his works that I have the honor of adorning. I’m really hoping this post wont get flagged, but ya never know with these things. I’m currently on the tail end of being sick with the sickness, energy is still low but I’m still working, just in slow motion. Thanks for looking, hope everyone is doing well.
I love what I get to do. Adorning something so well made is quite stressful. So here is a little bit of the process, sped up of course.
I love what I get to do. Adorning something so well made is quite stressful. So here is a little bit of the process, sped up of course.
Here is a little preview from of a piece I just finished. An absolutely stunning one made by a master of his craft, @trovereynderknives for @artknifeinvitational . This is one of two that I get to adorn for him and this show this year. Quite the honor. What I’m showing here is how I manage to use dramatic lighting to showcase my work. The ONLY post processing I do is cropping to 8x10. Zero manipulation of my photos. I’m a firm believer that if you work in any visual art, you need to learn to photograph your own work to represent what you do, the way you want to. I learned to shoot with film, and that forced me to learn, film wasn’t cheap. Today’s technology there is no excuse for bad photos, even more so with the possibility of post processing. Not saying you need to do what I do, but everyone should be able to take quality photos. #artknifeinvitational #handengraving #ornamental
All designs are hand drawn by yours truly. I don’t have any good footage of the shading on the dogs cause it’s a painfully slow process of dots, lots and lots of dots. EDIT: to answer the questions about the transfer. @twdesignshone whit
All designs are hand drawn by yours truly. I don’t have any good footage of the shading on the dogs cause it’s a painfully slow process of dots, lots and lots of dots. EDIT: to answer the questions about the transfer. @twdesignshone white transfer solution and his sheets. Nothing crazy, no special tricks. Inkjet printer that uses actual pigment. Here is a BUNCH of sped up clips of the process on the pendant of Bonnie & Klaus. Some footage was an hour plus, some were twenty minutes, but all sped up to one minute. This was around 50+ gigs of 4K footage. Hope you like me sharing this, cause it’s not a fast process to do this, and id rather be engraving. Hahah. So atleast check them all out. Do you enjoy seeing the process? Is it worth recording and sharing?
Bonnie & Klaus. So, I had the honor of doing a piece for my homie @louiskleindesign . I would absolutely be happy to be the dude folks go to for pet portraits. I really enjoy doing them. I like animals so much more than people. Haha. These are a
Bonnie & Klaus. So, I had the honor of doing a piece for my homie @louiskleindesign . I would absolutely be happy to be the dude folks go to for pet portraits. I really enjoy doing them. I like animals so much more than people. Haha. These are a little stylized, because artist freedom should exist when doing things like this. Sometimes you need to exaggerate features, light, or shadow for it to be a dynamic piece. For me, I dont naturally draw realism, If you want it to look just like a picture, use a camera and frame a photo. I had a lot of fun with this one. Still a couple small steps to finish and protect it. I also still need to make a good bail for it. Thanks you Louis for the trust. I’ll be posting some videos of the process tomorrow also. 30mmX50mm Titanium. Relief scrolls, fine shading, selective finishing, bulino with lines and dots. Now onto the next piece.
Well my mrs knocked off another bucket list show for me as an early bday present. She is amazing. @nineinchnails played an absolutely amazing show, did not disappoint. Seeing songs of my youth that spark a lot of emotion got me fired up. Stoked and
Well my mrs knocked off another bucket list show for me as an early bday present. She is amazing. @nineinchnails played an absolutely amazing show, did not disappoint. Seeing songs of my youth that spark a lot of emotion got me fired up. Stoked and tired.
Sometimes when you clean, you just see something to capture. Alot of different materials in this little pile of swarf. Gold. White Gold. Silver. 416 Stainless. 410 Stainless. 316 Stainless. 1018. Titanium. Brass. Different kinds of tape, dog
Sometimes when you clean, you just see something to capture. Alot of different materials in this little pile of swarf. Gold. White Gold. Silver. 416 Stainless. 410 Stainless. 316 Stainless. 1018. Titanium. Brass. Different kinds of tape, dog hair, and who knows what else.
The beginning and end of last week, I happened to have two titans of tattooing, hanging out and cutting metal at my place. Just coincidence that they both came up the same week. Such an honor to be around these inspiring guys. @robertatkinson_tatto
No one actually likes prep, right? This is one side of a plate for a student tomorrow, finished at 400grit/30micron. So they have an example to do the other side to. I get cold roll steel plates cut for practice and for students, they require fin
The homie @ericrose0001 asked me to make a pendant, this is the conclusion. This is 416 stainless with a lot of little tricks in it. It was quite fun to do. 50mmX10mmX3.5mm, hand cut and shaped from bar stock. All handmade. No lasers. No AI. Flip Sooo, this project started with me being asked to do the sides of a ring for my buddy @a_e_craven. Unfortunately the photos of the ring I took didn’t come out to my liking (yes, I am human). There is a quick little video of it, scroll through t
Here is the good photos, the dramatically lit photos I have enjoy taking. This is number two for the AKI show in Vegas that I had the honor of being asked to engrave. Before I ever touched these ones, they are intimidatingly nice. Tom is an absolute Here is one of the two I am engraving for @trovereynderknives for @artknifeinvitational 2025. As always, I can’t get over how perfect these are made. And that black lip pearl 🥹 depending on how the light hits it, sometimes it looks like the mo I love what I get to do. Adorning something so well made is quite stressful. So here is a little bit of the process, sped up of course.
Here is a little preview from of a piece I just finished. An absolutely stunning one made by a master of his craft, @trovereynderknives for @artknifeinvitational . This is one of two that I get to adorn for him and this show this year. Quite the hono
All designs are hand drawn by yours truly. I don’t have any good footage of the shading on the dogs cause it’s a painfully slow process of dots, lots and lots of dots. EDIT: to answer the questions about the transfer. @twdesignshone whit Bonnie & Klaus. So, I had the honor of doing a piece for my homie @louiskleindesign . I would absolutely be happy to be the dude folks go to for pet portraits. I really enjoy doing them. I like animals so much more than people. Haha. These are a Well my mrs knocked off another bucket list show for me as an early bday present. She is amazing. @nineinchnails played an absolutely amazing show, did not disappoint. Seeing songs of my youth that spark a lot of emotion got me fired up. Stoked and Sometimes when you clean, you just see something to capture. Alot of different materials in this little pile of swarf. Gold. White Gold. Silver. 416 Stainless. 410 Stainless. 316 Stainless. 1018. Titanium. Brass. Different kinds of tape, dog

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Morning Bird Crafts
Lindsay Tools
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T.W. Designs
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Engraver’s Cafe
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