Understanding The Art Of Engraving: What It Means For Your Cufflinks

There are rumors that Osama was found when someone sought to return a lost cufflink

, with the engravings 'O. Bin Laden' that he found in a dam while fishing. The person was later shocked to learn that the gold cuff links belonged to the most sought after man in the world.

You may be wondering if that wasn't evident from the onset, but as I have comes to learn, the names 'Osama' and 'Laden' are common in the Middle East just as 'Kyle' and 'Brian' are common in the US -that, and the fact that I just started the rumor.

Moving swiftly to more truthful events and hoping that I still have a shred of credibility left at this point, there are numerous instances where people have found their rings after decades since they lost them just because the rings were engraved with their names. The most intriguing is the case of Noel and Mary Beth Gold who found their lost wedding ring 44 years after the husband lost it.

It thus makes sense to have your treasured cufflinks engraved with information that can be used to trace your whereabouts. This is not to say that the sole purpose of engraving is just so that you can mark your possessions: engraving can produce some mind boggling expressions of art. Whether you want your favorite Walt Disney cartoon - there is no shame at all in having Teletubbies too, if that is what floats your boat - or you want a depiction of the World War I trench warfare, it can all be fitted on the cufflinks.

So how is it done? It is definitely true that most of the engravings done these days are mostly done via computers. But it has not always been like this and it is not always like that even today. Despite the existence of technology that can do virtually any engraving desired, the art of engraving by hand has persisted to this day.

At times, these engraving purists make use of modern tools, but its use is limited to improving the degree of accuracy in the process. Typical instruments include stereo microscope for very small engravings.

An important plus for hand engraving is the fact that it is practically impossible to replicate the work. All engravings are unique and you can rest assured that no other human - or ET- has the same design engraved on their accessories.

So go ahead, inject an artistic flare in your cufflinks; just make sure you are not on the no-flying list. In addition to a federal bounty on your head, when you engrave your name on your cufflinks. Someone is bound to find them and you.

by: Johnny Touperin

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