Saxophone Engraving - Houston Engravers

Every now and then I receive an engraving request that piques my interest because it is either unusual or a first. This one was a first. I have never been asked to engrave a musical instrument. Once I got over the “cool factor”, I had the opportunity to meet with the owner and see what we were working with. This was once a saxophone that I assume was used in marching bands as there were quite a few scratches from performances amidst dance moves etc. With that said, it was brass. As I have worked with brass quite a bit, I know how to finesse it during engraving so I thought let’s do it. Some metals are easier than others and brass just requires that you take your time with a lighter hand. No problem.

I love combining 2 loves of mine…music and calligraphy.

Scratches present prior to engraving

Metal Engraving - Houston Calligraphy Engraver

As the vast majority of my engraving is in glass fragrance bottles or wine bottles, it is a pleasure to change things up a bit with the introduction of metal engraving. I was contacted a few months ago about an event empowering women in business in Houston. From my perspective, the idea was to have an engraver onsite to personalize the leather & metal business card holders by engraving names on the metal portion for the ladies in attendance. It was truly a pleasure meeting so many successful and determined women.

I loved the engraved business card holder in the picture above as I really liked the result with this name. Yes, the name is on the longer side, but I loved it. I was told that we engraved about 70 of them in about 3 hours. It was great because we weren’t too stressed with the pace and the company was amazing. Cheers!

Slinging Ink® Calligraphy & Engraving