What tools are used to hand carve seals?

Tools required for hand-engraved seals include: carving knife, sandpaper, ink pad, utility knife, seal pad, practice stamp, printing bed, outline pen, brush, and whetstone.

A seal is a stationery used to print on documents to express identification or signature. Generally, the seal is dipped in pigment and then printed. Common production materials include jade, metal, wood, stone, etc. Seals are one of the representatives of traditional Chinese culture.

Engraved seals are generally called seal cutting, which is a combination of calligraphy (mainly seal script) and engraving (including chiseling and casting). Seal cutting is a unique art form of Chinese characters. Seal cutting emerged in the pre-Qin Dynasty and flourished in the Han Dynasty. It has a history of more than 3,700 years. Extended information

Maintenance of the engraving grinding disc

The special engraving grinding disc refers to a grinding disc specially used for grinding seal stones and seal cutting knives in the art of seal cutting. The surface of this grinding disc is made of super-hard diamond abrasive.

Maintenance instructions:

1. After each use of the grinding disc, all water marks on the surface must be wiped dry to avoid rust caused by long-term contact with water;

< p>2. Before the new grinding disc is used, there will be some tiny floating particles on the surface. When it is used to grind the sealing stone for the first time, there will be obvious scratches on the sealing surface, which is normal. It is generally recommended that before formal use of the grinding disc, use a metal block to grind the surface of the grinding disc flatly to make the surface more even and smooth and improve the grinding effect.

Reference material Baidu Encyclopedia-Seal (a stationery used to print on documents to indicate identification or signature)