I have a finished, heat treated sword blade, likely of 6150 steel, and I'm curious about the best method to engrave it, to allow for wire inlay. The blade is a production blade from a few years ago, so there was never a chance for me to request engraving prior to heat treat.
Do people have recommendations for the best approach to this (pneumatic/electric graver, hand graving, etc...)? Additionally, would etching the base letter forms, then undercutting them work for wire inlay? The letters themselves would be fairly narrow.
I know this is a pretty open-ended question, so I'm really j