I ran out of time (and steam) this year for a holiday gift making production like last year. I resorted to purchasing and engraving some of my favorite pens, the Retro 51 Tornado Classic Lacquers.
The engraving shows up better on darker colors.
Taping down the clip to prevent rotation is a good idea. One pen had a strange balance issue and rotated itself while the engrave was in progress (and now I have a pen for future engraving testing).
Wiping off the engraving with some isopropyl alcohol removes some residue.
Here is the cardboard jig I made, in case anyone else wants to do this. The cyan box is what I determined to be the optimal aesthetic engrave area.
