Stan,
I think it depends upon several factors, mostly the engraver. When I used Charles Lee everything came back full of burrs. My current engraver just returned a falling block action to me and it only had maybe 3 burrs on the whole job. I always knock them down before hardening myself. The engraving is just as crisp, just no burrs.
Steve


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