Weldon Lister, an active member on the iGraver forums and a talented hammer-and-chisel engraver, knows good advice when he hears it. While attending the 2007 Grand Masters Program with instructor Winston Churchill, Weldon took some of Winston's wisdom to heart: remember the jewelry market, and don't overlook it in favor of strictly engraving firearms.

The bracelets featured here are just a few of the many exquisite jewelry pieces Weldon has engraved. To start out he uses a 6" x 12" sheet of 14 gauge silver, sawing individual strips out by hand. Then after shaping the ends and smoothing the edges using a belt sander, Weldon fixes the flat blank strip of silver into his workholding material and begins engraving. He buffs carefully, avoiding the engraving, and finishes the bracelet by bending it with the GRS Metal Former.

"My goal has been to make one of a kind cuff bracelets embellished with firearms style engraving," Weldon told GRS. "This gives folks who might never have a firearm engraved a chance to wear some art done in that style. It also gives engraving aficionados (and their significant others) a chance to wear some engraving instead of keeping it locked safely away where no one else can enjoy it."

Weldon has these and other pieces of his fine hand engraved work featured on his website www.weldonlister.com. Check out more of his work in his online gallery and browse the "For Sale" section if you 'd like to own some of Weldon's work.