GRS 022-340 HSS Blank Graver – High Speed Steel Engraving Tool Blank
The GRS 022-340 HSS Blank Graver is a high-quality high-speed steel engraving tool blank designed for engravers who want to create and customize their own graver profiles. The blank provides a solid starting point for grinding specialized engraving tools for specific cutting, shading, lettering, and metalworking applications.
Made from heat-treated High Speed Steel (HSS), the 022-340 offers the hardness, durability, and wear resistance needed for professional hand engraving. Its 0.079" (2 mm) square × 2.2" (56 mm) long profile provides sufficient material for shaping a wide variety of custom graver geometries.
Use the GRS 022-340 to create your own square, onglette, flat, knife, point, or specialty graver profiles, depending on the application and your preferred sharpening geometry.
Features & Benefits
- High Speed Steel construction – Provides excellent hardness, durability, and wear resistance for engraving applications.
- Blank graver design – Allows the engraver to create a custom cutting profile and geometry.
- 0.079" (2 mm) square stock – Provides a versatile starting size for shaping specialized gravers.
- 2.2" (56 mm) length – Provides ample material for grinding and preparing a custom engraving tool.
- Heat-treated HSS – Designed to maintain a sharp cutting edge during engraving.
- Customizable profile – Grind the blank to suit your preferred engraving style, cutting angle, and application.
- Professional engraving tool material – Suitable for jewelry engraving, hand engraving, lettering, decorative engraving, and metalworking.
- GRS quality – Designed for professional engravers and precision toolmaking.
Key Specifications
- Brand: GRS
- GRS Part Number: 022-340
- Product Type: HSS Blank Graver
- Material: High Speed Steel (HSS)
- Shape: Square
- Cross Section: 0.079" (2 mm)
- Length: 2.2" (56 mm)
- Tool Type: Blank / Unshaped Graver
- Use: Custom Engraving Tool Making
- Finish: Unshaped blank
- Sold: Each
GRS specifications list the 022-340 as a High Speed Steel blank, measuring 0.079" (2 mm) square × 2.2" (56 mm) long.
Create Your Own Custom Graver
The GRS 022-340 is intended for engravers who prefer to shape and sharpen their own tools. Starting with a quality HSS blank gives you the freedom to create the exact graver geometry required for a particular engraving technique.
The blank can be ground and sharpened to create specialized profiles for different cutting requirements, making it a versatile addition to a professional engraving bench.
High Speed Steel for Engraving
High Speed Steel (HSS) is widely used for engraving tools because of its combination of hardness, toughness, and wear resistance. Properly prepared HSS gravers can maintain a sharp cutting edge through extended engraving work while still allowing the engraver to reshape and sharpen the tool as needed.
The 022-340 provides a practical balance between material size and versatility, making it suitable for creating many different custom graver profiles.
Ideal Applications
The GRS 022-340 is ideal for:
- Hand engraving
- Jewelry engraving
- Gold and silver engraving
- Lettering and monograms
- Decorative metal engraving
- Relief engraving
- Fine engraving
- Custom graver making
- Graver geometry experimentation
- Professional engraving tool preparation
- Engraving education and training
Blank Graver for Custom Tool Making
Unlike a finished graver, the 022-340 is supplied as an unshaped blank. This allows the engraver to determine the final cutting profile, heel, face, and other geometry according to the intended application.
It is particularly useful for experienced engravers who want to maintain a selection of custom-shaped tools or develop specialized gravers that are not readily available as standard profiles.
What's Included
- 1 GRS 022-340 HSS Blank Graver
The graver is supplied as a blank and requires grinding and sharpening before use.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the GRS 022-340?
The GRS 022-340 is a High Speed Steel (HSS) blank graver designed to be ground and sharpened into a custom engraving tool.
What size is the 022-340?
The blank measures 0.079" (2 mm) square × 2.2" (56 mm) long.
Is the 022-340 already sharpened?
No. The 022-340 is supplied as a blank. It must be ground, shaped, and sharpened before it can be used as a finished engraving tool.
What can I make from a GRS 022-340 blank?
The blank can be shaped into a variety of custom graver profiles, depending on the engraver's desired geometry and application. It can be used to create specialized tools for cutting, lettering, shading, and decorative engraving.
What material is the 022-340 made from?
The 022-340 is made from High Speed Steel (HSS). GRS lists it among its HSS gravers and blanks.
Is the GRS 022-340 suitable for jewelry engraving?
Yes. Its HSS construction and customizable blank profile make it suitable for jewelry engraving, precious-metal engraving, lettering, and other precision hand-engraving applications.
What is the advantage of using a blank graver?
A blank gives the engraver complete control over the final tool geometry. This is useful when a specific cutting profile, angle, or specialty graver is needed for a particular application.
Can the 022-340 be used in a GRS QC system?
The 022-340 is supplied as a blank graver, rather than a finished QC graver. If you intend to use it in a Quick Change system, the finished tool must be prepared in a compatible manner for the specific holder and handpiece being used.
| SKU: | 022-340 |
| UPC: | 196943901037 |
| BRAND: | GRS |
| MPN: | 022-340 |
| Made In: | United States |
