Graver handles

[eccentric59]

What does everyone use to hold their gravers? I couldn't find anything that was either comfortable or suitable so i 3D printed some, using a cheap pin vise for a clamp.

 

[oldhippy]

My favorite was an all in one round tube with the fixed tungsten graver I could do most of my work just with that one. If you google graver handles and click images you will see many types. I couldn't get on with those round stumpy types, long and thin was best for me.  

[eccentric59]

3 hours ago, oldhippy said:

If you google graver handles and click images you will see many types.

That was the problem. The search results all looked like either they were for engraving or were little more than a dowel with a ferule jammed on the end.

[nickelsilver]

I'm with OH here, long and thin. Over the years I've grabbed any blank ebony handles I can find, kind of classy, but whatever works. In the pic the longest thinnest one is one I still use from school 25 years ago, that's what we were shown to use and given, just 1/4" dowel (6.35mm). I have a few others like that around still too. It's important to have enough graver sticking out that the handle doesn't foul on the T rest.

 

 

Edited June 8, 2024 by nickelsilver

[oldhippy]

That's the sort I would be happy using.

[Dell]

I made my own because most people’s hands are different so making your own means you get the most comfortable fit , just hardwood dowling brass tube and a length of HSS.

Dell

[LookItsNeil]

These 3d printed handles are great! I was looking for something exactly like them. Any chance you'd share the files and which pin vises you are using? I'm currently thinking about using that type of pin vise and I don't want to have to cut the tang off the end of my gravers.