Nice engraving site

**Mandoborg** · Jan-03-2008, 5:46pm

Happy New Year to all.....

Stumbled onto this site this afternoon and thought i'd pass it on for the folks here that enjoy that rare fine art of engraving. Theres lots in the ' tips and tricks ' section that can be directly related to Pearl as well as help on sharpening your tools.

A cool site.....

http://www.masterengraver.com/

**mandolooter** · Jan-03-2008, 6:47pm

wow...thats some cool stuff!

**MikeEdgerton** · Jan-03-2008, 9:31pm

Sam is a cool engraver and he used to teach classes, I'm assuming he still does.

**Ivan Kelsall** · Jan-04-2008, 2:38am

That is seriously fine art,as good as it gets !,
saska

**amowry** · Jan-04-2008, 11:09am

Wowsers! It's almost depressing, really.

**des mando** · Jan-04-2008, 11:30am

sam is incredible and a wonderful person too,, he does have a dark side though. at a jewelery show i met him at, while looking through his portfolio i noticed a lighter he made for the late bluesman gatemouth brown. it was a birthday present he gave gatemouth. he met him and became friends at a jam in pearl miss.,sam plays banjo!!!!!

**mandolooter** · Jan-04-2008, 2:10pm

banjos are good....there just not mandos

**Michael Lewis** · Jan-04-2008, 10:54pm

Well, I have pretty much recovered from last night. Probably spent 2 hours on that site. For anyone who has tried to engrave anything, that site will put you into perspective.
Oh my!

**MikeEdgerton** · Jan-05-2008, 7:33am

There was a time in my previous life that I really entertained the thought of taking the classes that Sam was teaching. In looking back I wish I had. The guy is a real artist. I'd never heard of a hobo nickel until I found that site.

**JEStanek** · Jan-05-2008, 7:38am

That's a pretty amazing bunch of talent on display there. Engraving in different styles, the photography... Thanks for sharing.

Jamie

**Jim Rowland** · Jan-05-2008, 9:53am

Like everyone else,I was knocked out by the work and photographs...,and like Mike,I'd never known of the "Hobo" nickles. I can remember the dark days of the depression (although,for me,they were wondrous,bright days in the sunshine of my childhood)when Bo's walked the tracks peddling one skill or another. Mainly it was chair caneing,tinkering, and willow furniture that I remember. But,heer's thang: Isn't it miraculous to ponder the deep wells of talent and ingenuity that remain hidden in human capacity until necessity mines them? I remain humbled.
Jim

**Mandoborg** · Jan-05-2008, 11:51am

Isn't it great when you think you finshed the internet and yet your one click away from a weeks worth of reading and a lifetime of inspiration ? Theres some serious info on that forum section ! Glad everybody enjoyed it !

Jim Combra

**lmartnla** · Jan-05-2008, 1:32pm

Sam is a MASTERFUL banjo player as well as engraver, the very best picker in our area, around Covington Louisiana, and probably anywhere. His attention to detail in his engraving also shows up in his exquisite playing. I truly believe that his playing would impress ya'll as much as his engraving. If you meet him again, listen to him play. His wife Abigail is a wonderful country & bluegrass singer and guitar player, and recently picked up the mandolin.
---Lou Martin