Is it possible to buy any engraving tool to do your own trophies etc. I have just paid £19 for 2 to be done. It seems a rip off and I wondered if there was an alternative

You can buy engraving equipment if you have the skill to use it go ahead, but remember you will need to insure incase you do any damage. Jackie H

I've done quite a bit of engraving and the one thing I would say is, If you dont have a VERY steady hand, DONT! any line you put on there, however shaky is there for ever! I considder my hand to be very poor (And after a malt or two even worse!) For good stuff we use a pantograph type machine rather similar to a children's pantograph with a stylus to follow the letters. This can only do flat surfaces so riveted on shields are OK but the curved surfaces are out. The very best results come from a laser engraver but the price of these is out of this world!

Someone we know started engraving the trophies they had won, and made a complete mess of them for everyone else

I won a lot of Trophies last year (8 from our Club Ch show alone) ending up with about 20,needless to say I didn't get them engraved, I will be happy enough that my win goes in the Club journal for a permanent record!

I know what you mean. I have just spent £45 getting trophies done, I beat the engraver down from £60! To cap it all I donated one of the trophies!
Diane