Finished this for someone who lost their horse of 30 years.
Polished slate, which I found out engraves ALOT better than UNpolished when wanting detail that shows up better. Not sure why. This was a 2.5 hour engrave. Longest one I’ve done yet. LPI was 450 to pick up much detail. Had to put some work into the photo though to ensure engrave was detailed.
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What a lovely tribute! I must say, that’s a shocking about of detail and gradient out of such a material.
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I tried dark granite but that just doesn’t come out very well.
Wow! Impressive!
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Been meaning to do something similar. I recently lost a fish I had for 14 years. 
It’s a lovely stone, and you got such great detail out of it! Thanks for the tip—I’ll keep it in mind if I try slate.
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Was well worth it, great detail!
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It’s a lovely memorial and the slate looks great.
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