People think engraving means a name on a trophy, award plaque or a short message on jewelry. Then you meet Jackie Tate from Right Touch Engravers in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and the whole category opens up. Listen to this episode of the Good Neighbor Podcast when Bob Blaisse sits down with Jackie to talk about what personalized engraving looks like now. You'll hear why it still matters, and how a truly local engraver helps you turn a gift or award into something people keep with fond memories for years.

Listen as Jackie shares the story of starting small, bouncing through temporary setups, and then facing the hard stop of the COVID-19 pandemic when sports trophies disappeared. Instead of freezing, she pivoted her Right Touch Engravers business from “trophies and awards” into full-service engraving and gifting, meeting customers where their searches were going: “engravers near me.” You hear Jackie share the kinds of projects that now walk through her door and contact her by phone for online sales, including weddings, graduation celebrations, corporate gifting and custom branding on items you actually use.

When Bob asks Jackie about specific engraving techniques, you'll learn a bit about laser engraving, classic diamond drag engraving on silver and a standout process that goes beyond surface marks: sand carving for a deep etch, then paint fill so designs pop on glass and liquor bottles.

If you have a family heirloom, a charcuterie board, a set of champagne flutes or even tools you want labeled so they come back to you, this conversation is packed with practical ideas and real-world expectations about engraving.

Right Touch Engravers
RightTouchEngravers.com
1290 Baltimore Pk. Ste.101
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
610-459-1209
[email protected]
instagram.com/right_touch_engravers

--- About The Show---Good Neighbor Podcast is a spotlight on local businesses in and around Delaware County, PA (“Delco” ) and Beyond... The executive producer and host, Bob Blaisse, is a community sponsorship advocate, business branding specialist, and publisher of several hometown magazines, including: Newtown Square Friends & Neighbors, Marple Friends & Neighbors and Newtown Edgmont Friends & Neighbors, mailed monthly to more than 12,000 homes in Western Delaware County, PA, and also available for reading online.