Edges and gravers

Gravers, scorpers and burins, the geometry of the cutting edge, and the stones and slips that bring it back.

Every entry on this bench

A burin and a setting graver lying side by side on a worn leather bench pad, their ground points angled toward the camera, a copper plate and a half-set gold bezel just behind them, lit by a single warm bench lamp from the left.

EG-001Edges and gravers

The Burin and the Setting Graver: One Wedge, Two Trades

How the engraver's burin and the jeweller's setting graver share a cutting geometry, why each lifts a burr, and where the two tools stop being interchangeable.

11/09/2026