Engraving question

[andy49]

I am trying to figure out what the sequence should be for engraving and aging steel. As an example a lock plate. Do you engrave, blacken the engraving then do your rust, carding then bluing? I have aged many parts before but never with engraving.
Andy

[BOB HILL]

The engraving would more than likely have been done when a gun was new, before it had aged any. If you want your work to appear as an original ,then finish it before you do any aging.      Bob

[Ky-Flinter]

Since I am in the early learning and practicing stages of engraving, I have wondered about the sequence too, but I don't "age" my work.  When I finish a gun, I want it to look new. 

So do I brown or blue the barrel, then engrave my name on it?  Or engrave first?

-Ron

[Mike Brooks]

Engrave first, any kind of finish goes on after.

[Ky-Flinter]

Thanks Mike.

-Ron