Engraving: Old Hat or the Best?

Engraving: Old hat or the best thing ever for the right job? It is individual, permanent in a variety of material to suit most applications.

Engraving: Old Hat or the Best?

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It really is a simple truth to say that engraved signs do look very impressive. Time and effort goes into them, especially a richly polished brass engraved sign such as the one in the image.

The wording is engraved carefully then a paint filler takes over to produce an engraved sign that will last many years exposed to the elements (if placed outside). Beautiful brass plaques like this one just need polishing every couple of months.

As you can see on the image, there are icons of poppies on it, to reflect the military nature of this plaque; again, produced by the same method, engraved directly into the brass plaque.

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The beauty of engraved labels is that they are useful for so many applications! The picture displays the engraved labels in their last part of the journey from manufacture to customer – right at the point of packing.

Each engraved label is being paired with it’s own set of locks and keys, and then packed.

This particular set of engraved labels can also be considered to be a form of safety sign because of the wording on the label.

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Isn’t that a beautiful sign? This engraving is a solid piece of dark grey slate, which has been carefully engraved and paint-filled with a rich silver colour to leave us with this truly stunning engraved sign.

Slate is not a material that is widely used for signs, which is a great pity since it has such a wonderful appearance. It is a more expensive material, certainly, but it can be used in many situations where aluminium signs are now used.

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Anodised aluminium is a versatile and hard-wearing material, especially to use for engraved signs. This one is paint-filled in black, and mounted onto a wooden plinth before being attached to the wall.

The look is classic and simple, and as you can see, easily readable.

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Here is a very smart and clean engraved sign, made from black anodised aluminium. The engraving reveals the shiny metallic aluminium underneath, creating the overall design.

These types of engraved sign comes in a few different colours, so give us a call to talk about your needs.

They are an elegant engraving and in high demand, so give consideration to this style of engraved sign.

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Here are some engraved labels that are in the packing room ready to go. They’ve been attached to the locks that accompany them, all cleaned up and undergoing packaging.

These particular engraved labels have red text showing through, revealed during the engraving process, but if you call and talk to us we’ll tell you what colours are available (not just the red colour revealed, but the white too).

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Engraved labels come in all sizes and many are actually quite small like this badge, but the intricacy that can be achieved is quite extensive.

There are three kinds of font, and the colour that is revealed by the engraving process depends on the substrate, and there is a wide variety of them to choose from.

Call (01507 609485) and ask us when ordering and we will tell you the available colours.

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To be honest, most engraved labels are functional and ubiquitous – we take them for what they are and no more than that. In fact I dare say most of us read the information and forget the label itself after a minute or two.

But isn’t that the point?

These engraved labels convey the information and that is all they’re supposed to do. They’re not supposed to be fancy, polished, decorative, or anything more than a label.

Assuming you know this, you can appreciate them for the work that has gone into them – the font is clear and legible, the labels are unobtrusive and functional, and they come in a wide variety of colours and materials. Perfect for so many jobs!

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Although brass plaques are something that we do a lot of, this one stands out because of the additional colours. The engraving we normally do is lettering which we paint-fill black, but here there was some extra additions in the form of the flower.

The plaques that we do, no matter what material we create them from be it brass, aluminium, stainless steel etc., are usually fitted to a wooden plinth. Customers get a choice of material for the plinth from a variety of woods.

They look good when mounted on a wall and last for many years.