Most commission enquiries begin the same way: someone has an image of a crest, usually a scan of something printed, and would like it engraved. What follows is the part people do not expect.
The artwork almost always has to be redrawn
A crest that reads well at the top of a letterhead is carrying detail that will not survive at 38mm across in metal. Hatching closes up. Fine outlines merge. A motto set in a small serif becomes a grey smear. Engraving is subtractive and unforgiving — whatever is cut is cut.
So we redraw. Not to change the crest, but to decide which lines carry it and which ones were only ever there because print could afford them. That decision is made with you, not for you.
What we ask for
The highest-resolution image you have, any description of the heraldry in words, and a sense of where the finished piece will live. A crest going onto a desk plate that will be read at arm’s length is a different drawing from one going onto a coin held in the hand.
Timeline
Redrawing takes a week. You see a proof at engraving scale before anything is cut, and nothing goes to the machine until you have approved it. From approval, most commissions ship within three weeks.
If you have a crest, a mark, or an idea that is not quite either, start an enquiry and we will tell you honestly whether engraving is the right way to do it.