Custom engraving

Your text can be written in any available font (supplied with Windows or available without a license). Here are a few examples:

If you'd like a text, we'll suggest over 60 fonts when we discuss your engraving project.

Other languages can also be used, especially Japanese. Here are the words and proverbs most appreciated by our customers:
義勇 仁 礼 誠 名誉 忠義 The 7 virtues of the Bushidō: righteousness, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor and loyalty
武士道B ushidō
名誉Hon or, prestige
愛Lo ve
柔道 Jūdō
道場 Dōjō
勇者H ero, brave man, man of valor
居合道 Iaïdō
柔道 Jūdō
自他共栄 Mutual aid and prosperity (judō)
抜刀術 Battōdō
忍者N inja
葉隠Ha gakure

恋は思案の外 "Love is beyond reason"
不言実行 "Talk little, but act"
塵も積もれば山となる "Great things are made little by little" (Poussières entassées font montagnes)
花は桜木人は武士 "The most beautiful of flowers is the cherry blossom, the best of men is the warrior"
今古有神奉志土 "I belong to the warrior who will have combined the old and new ways", from the film "The Last Samurai".

We also offer a selection of Japanese quotations and proverbs, which can be personalized to suit your personal philosophy or a special occasion, either on their own or with a graphic design.

You can, of course, combine a text in a Western font with a word or quotation in kanji (Japanese ideograms). First names can also be translated, for example: Lucas becomes ルーカス. As pronunciations differ greatly between Japanese and French, this will always be a phonetic approximation.

The illustration to be engraved can be part of our graphic base, but you can also suggest your own. However, its quality, finesse and adaptability to the engraving technique (definition of engraved and non-engraved areas) can make it difficult to produce. That's why we prefer to offer you a consulting and engraving package. Here are just a few of the designs we regularly engrave on katana blades: