Hand Engraving – is the technique of cutting or incising a design on to metal by cutting grooves into it with a chisel that is pushed by hand or by hammer. The result may be a decorated object in silver, gold, copper or steel as in jewelry, knive or in steel as in gun engraving. This same technique is used to create intaglio printing plates of copper or another metal for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called engravings.