Microscopic Blade Engravings

Graham Short Completes the World's Smallest Engraving

Graham Short shows that "Nothing is Impossible" with the world's smallest engraving. In fact, that's the exact phrase he engraved onto the edge of a Wilkinson Sword razor blade.

After 150 attempts, Graham Short's microscopic art piece is certainly worthy of its $76,000 price tag. According to Luxury Insider, to create this engraving, Graham Short worked only at night when traffic vibrations were lowest, had his arm strapped to his chair to suppress unwanted movement and monitored his heart rate to attempt each letter stroke between beats. Now that's discipline and dedication.

Microscopic Engraving
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SCORE
3.1 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 31%
Activity 53%
Freshness 8%