There are differences between leather engraving, and leather embossing. Leather engraving is using a controlled burn to take off a thin layer of the leather, while burning it down to a place that it turns brown or black. When you do embossing, that creates more of a 3D look. Indentations are created in the leather. Both processes look nice, so it becomes more of a preference for someone to decide which look they prefer for their project.

Key Takeaways:

• One challenge with laser engraving leather is getting the customer to know to what it will look like.
• The controlled burn of laser engraving will look much darker than laser embossing.
• Both processes look nice; it’s up to the customer to decide which they prefer.

“A big part of our Laser engraving business is doing work on leather.”

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