Reed Works Custom Laser Engraving
Now available

Precision metal engraving.
Permanent, not printed.

Our fiber laser marks directly into bare metal rather than sitting on top of it. The result is crisp, legible for the life of the part, and it won't fade, scratch off, or wear away.

Alloys we mark

  • Stainless steel
  • Aluminium
  • Brass
  • Copper
  • Titanium
  • Anodized

Why it lasts

Two different lasers, two different results

Most engraving shops run a diode or CO2 laser. Those are excellent on wood, leather and coated tumblers — that's what we use them for. But on bare metal they can only mark what's sitting on the surface.

Diode & CO2

Surface marking

Burns or removes a coating. Perfect for powder-coated drinkware, wood, leather patches and acrylic — and that's most of what we make.

  • Great on coated and organic materials
  • Can't cut into bare steel or titanium
  • Wears with heavy handling
Fiber

Into the metal itself

A fiber laser works at a wavelength metal actually absorbs, so it engraves, anneals or etches the substrate directly. The mark is part of the part.

  • Permanent — survives handling, solvents and weather
  • Holds fine detail — serial numbers, QR codes, hairline artwork
  • No ink, no coating, nothing to chip off

Not sure which you need? Send us a photo of the piece and we'll tell you straight — including when the cheaper option is the right one.

Perfect for

What we mark most

Knives & firearms accessories

Blades, bolsters, magazines and receivers. Names, dates, unit markings and makers' marks that hold up to real use.

Tools & equipment

Multitools, wrenches, cookware and shop equipment — marked so it comes back when it walks off.

Logos & serial numbers

Consistent branding across a production run, plus sequential serials, batch codes and date stamps.

Awards & recognition

Brushed metal plaques, name plates and recognition boards — including the kind you add a new plate to every month.

Jewellery & keepsakes

Fingerprint discs, memorial tags, challenge coins, medical alert bracelets and inscriptions on the inside of a band.

Asset tagging

Scannable QR and barcode tags for industrial inventory — readable after years in a plant, unlike a printed label.

Detail

Fine enough for a crest and its motto

These stainless graduation medallions carry a full seminary crest — quartered shield, crown, menorah and open book — with the Greek motto and a scripture reference small enough to sit inside it. That's the resolution the fiber laser holds on bare metal.

It's the same setup behind a scannable QR code on a business card and a serial number small enough to tuck under a bolster.

Brushed stainless medallions fiber-engraved with the Grace Theological Seminary crest, its Greek motto, a scripture reference and EST. 1937.

Practical details

What to expect

Materials
Stainless steel, aluminium, brass, copper, titanium and anodized surfaces. Also coated and powder-coated metal, where we mark through the coating to the bright metal underneath.
Artwork
Vector files work best — .svg, .ai, .eps, .pdf. We can also work from a high-resolution .png or .jpg, and we'll redraw a rough logo if that's all you have.
Your own items
Bring or ship us the piece — we engrave customer-supplied items regularly. Tell us about any coating, plating or heat treatment first, since it changes how the metal takes a mark.
Quantities
One piece or a production run. Bulk pricing usually starts around a dozen, and repeat runs are cheaper once the file is set up.
Proofs
You approve placement, size and finish before the laser touches anything. On customer-supplied items that step isn't optional — engraving can't be undone.
Turnaround
Most jobs go out within a few days once artwork is approved. Tell us if you're working to a date and we'll confirm before you commit.

A note on firearms. We engrave accessories and components as a cosmetic and identification service. We are not an FFL and do not manufacture, transfer or serialise firearms. Anything that legally requires a licensed party needs to go through one — talk to us and we'll tell you where the line is.

Next step

Tell us about the part

What it's made of, what you want on it, and how many. A photo from your phone is enough to start — we'll come back with a price and a proof.