Hello all,
My name is Shannon Prade, I am an employee of "Diamond Boutique" Located in Del Mar California 92014, which is in North San Diego County.
I am a graduate gemologist from the Gemological Institute of America(G.I.A) in Carlsbad California, and the Appraisal specialist for the store.
I have been fascinated with engraving since childhood (Dads old shotgun & Custom knife collecting) growing up in TX there are a lot of shotguns
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Well we have a lot of clients particularly in this area who request intricate and elaborate engraving on all types of pieces mostly jewelry, but quite a few knives. I would love to put my feelers out there to the engravers in this area who would like to be on our call list when we get clients who are looking for this type of skill set to be used on their pieces.
I have been hovering around this forum for some time but never felt I had a real reason to post anything as I myself do not engrave, Though I would love to and I will pick it up eventually, with three kids under five and work I have zero time to pick up a new skill, but if anyone ever needs gemological advice your welcome to pick my brain or if you need an appraisal for a piece I can do that too.
well I will end the introduction here for now and I look forward to meeting up with any locals who might be looking to take on projects as they come in, I have nothing on the block for right now FYI but it would be nice to have a few ppl to reach out to when that time comes.
Thank you all and keep up the amazing work, there has been so much fantastic works of art that i have seen here its amazing every time..
S.P.