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Award winning hand and machine engraving based in Clerkenwell, London

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Celebrating #internationaldogday with all of the Sam James doggos!

Axel, Luna, Rosie, Harold, Peanut, Beans and Phoebe who is sadly no longer with us

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Engravers alphabet U

U is forUmbrella

We have been working closely with @jamessmithandsons for many years. They are London’s oldest and finest umbrella manufacturers and shop. We help customise each of their #umbrellas and walking sticks to t

We are in full swing of #wedding season with lots of wedding bands leaving the workshop. This pair of matching #celtic pattern rings are leaving us today. Congratulations to all couples saying #ido in the coming weeks

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R is for recess

Recessing is a technique used when cutting in preparation for enamel. Cutting precise cells to be textured or flinked and then filled with enamel leaving a thin border of metal between each cell

Pictures @philbarnesenameller and @h

Due to illness we are a little thin on the ground this week!
Please bare with us while we do our best to meet deadlines etc.
Your patience is greatly appreciated

Engravers alphabet: Q

Q is for quality

At Sam James we strive to provide the best quality engraving across every job we do, from inside a wedding band to large pictorial pieces and everything in between

Pictured here @_shona_marsh royal engineers

Tube and rail strikes this week!

Engravers alphabet: P

P is for practice

Practice makes perfect! Never a truer word spoken when it comes to engraving. Here is a selection of just a few apprentice practice plates.

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Engravers alphabet O

O is for Owl

Here we have Jacks Owl beaker, the late great @philbarnesenameller gifted Jack a silver beaker for him to engrave in the 3rd year of his apprenticeship and enter into the @gcdcawards where he won a silver award for

Honoured to engrave this walking stick gifted to the queen on her #platinumjubilee by the @britisharmy

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-61691976

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Happy #jubilee weekend

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#monogrammonday

Pair of silver beakers engraved with a classic Roman monogram.

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Engravers Alphabet: N

N is for Nails

Believe it or not the engravers thumb nails are used daily to test if tools are sharp. If the tool’s tip sticks into the nail it’s sharp!

As well as this they take quite a lot of abuse while polishi

#wedding season is upon us!

Here’s a few ways to personalise the inside of your wedding bands.

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Celebrating #worldbeeday with apprentice Celeste’s @GCDC award winning piece from last year
Tbh
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Engravers alphabet M

M is for #machine

Alongside hand engraving, we offer a quality machine engraving service.

Machine engraving is suitable for large corporate orders and items or metals that are not suitable for hand engraving such as stainless