Traditional Hand Engraving Is Even Harder Than You Think

Adam Savage’s Tested · 25:51

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Hand engraving goes back 500+ years, and the main tool of that trade has remained virually unchanged in all that time: a sharpened piece of steel with a wood handle. Marlen Hazel of @hazel.handengraving -- the last traditional hand engraver in San Francisco -- takes Adam Savage on a tour of the tools she uses daily with no pneumatic or electrical assist, creating extraordinary precise art by (stea…

Hand engraving goes back 500+ years, and the main tool of that trade has remained virually unchanged in all that time: a sharpened piece of steel with a wood handle. Marlen Hazel of @hazel.handengraving -- the last traditional hand engraver in San Francisco -- takes Adam Savage on a tour of the tools she uses daily with no pneumatic or electrical assist, creating extraordinary precise art by (stea…

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