I engraved some nice pencils (Palomino Blackwings) for my niece to go with the spiral design toy (more in keeping with the theme than for use with).
I did a few searches and, found lots of people talking about engraving pencils but, no settings for a starting point (not that they aren’t here – I just didn’t find any). So:
The Blackwings are about .281” thick. Engraved at 1000/30 at 270LPI, 1 pass.
I rubbed Rub & Buff into the engraves. Rubbing alcohol was great to remove stray surface residue.
Nicely done gift.
Oh yeah, like that Rub-n-Buff on the black pencils. Classy results! 
Ooh, nice trick with the Rub 'n Buff!
Third that I love the Rub 'n Buff. The one time I tried using it for something totally un-GF I did not like the results, but it really makes the pencils pop.
Wow, they look great! I’ll have to try that on my next pencil gig.
Really sharp! The gold is the finishing touch!
Really turned out nice. Added Rub & Buff to the list to try.
THANK YOU!!! This really saved my bacon, worked perfectly!
Glad it was helpful!
Welcome to the form!
how did you get the engraving to be “gold”? i’m looking to do this for my daughter but i want the engrave part to be ‘white’. do you mind sharing?
I don’t think they make white Rub N Buff but, you could probably use white acrylic paint (like the thicker stuff from a tube). Rub it into the engrave. Then, use a cloth or shop towel and a light touch to wipe off the excess.
Others might have better/different suggestions.
