1-5 Characters of Etching Price: $15.00		Additional Characters for Etching Price: $1.00 per Character
You have 4 choices of font.

Etching: 

1-We use a computer to create a stencil with the name.

2-We tape the stencil to the bank.

3-We fill the stencil with sand.

4-We use blasts of high air pressure on the sand. The high blasts of air cause the sand to make slight indentations in the metal.

5-We then remove the tape and the sand.

What is left is the slight indentations. It will be slightly rough to the touch. This is permanent and cannot be removed. The indentations are so close together you hardly notice them.

If the surface we are etching is flat, the personalization will turn out perfectly. If the surface we are etching is curved, the edges don't get the same amount of air blast and are lighter in color. (The indentation of the sand wasn't as much.) There is nothing that we can do differently. Sometimes it's the top and/or bottom of the letters that are lighter - sometimes it's the letters at the edge. It all depends on the curves of the bank.

We select the area on the bank that is the flattest unless you have a specific location you request. When you request your personalization, stop and think for a moment as to what you want said. Some banks have very little flat area. Ask yourself these questions? How big is this bank? How big of an area do I think there is for personalization? You can do a mock up. Type out what you want written. If it is too long, you could consider putting part of the personalization on one side of the bank and part on the other. This doubles the cost of personalization; but, you might like the result better.

As an example: you might want to put Arthur on a bank that has a flat area that can handle 3 letters. You can switch from Arthur to Art. Or, you can request Arthur and know that all letters will not have the same boldness. They will all be readable - but vary in shade. Personally, this does not bother me - but you know yourself. Will it bother you?

You also need to understand that etching is done by hand. It is not done by machine. We do use a leveler - but with curved banks sometimes the question is - level with what? We had one lady complain that the name was off by 1/16th of an inch. If you are the type of person who is going to measure to the tiniest fraction, do not select a type of personalization that is done by hand. Buy the bank without personalization and have it done locally where you can supervise. 

We have etched thousands of banks and can count on our fingers the number of complaints. I am writing this to eliminate those few complaints. We do the best we can. We are not charging enough to call each person and discuss the pro's and con's of how many letters, where to locate personalization. We recommend that you let us decide the location; unless you have a strong feeling as to where you want it to be. We truly want you to be happy and we will do our very best with what you have requested.

Etching normally delays shipment by one business day, sometimes two and is done in our San Diego area warehouse.

The way that you type in the name, is the way the bank will be personalized: WILLIAM, William, william

Since this option is hand painting, you have no choice of font.

In ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS box, you can request location - default is "artist's choice"

You can request color - we will match as close as possible.

In order for paint to thoroughly dry, shipping is delayed by 1-2 days.

If you are requesting a monogram, please be VERY specific.

When you order:

When you are on the page of the bank you want to order there will be a price for the bank at the top, or in the drop down menu where you select bank.

You will type in the name for the personalized.

The site is so smart it counts the characters for you!

Minimum charge is $15 for ETCHING 

Maximum characters for $15 is FIVE.

Each additional character is $1 each.

The cart changes the price of the bank. Example: You type in Christopher as the name for the personalization. Christopher has eleven characters. It is $15 for five characters and $1 for each additional. There are six additional characters. Thus, cost of personalization is $15 plus $6 or $21.

You will notice the price of the bank changed. It is now $21 more expensive than the price of the bank by itself.

Now you can add gift wrap. That's an additional $3.95.

You will see the cost of the bank increased by $3.95.

The TOTAL at the bottom of the page is a total of all three costs. Cost of bank, Cost of personalization, Cost of gift wrap.

It is your choice if you want gift wrap or if you want personalization.

The total on the item page does not include the cost of shipping - that is calculated in the checkout process.

Use the ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS box to tell us location if you have a specific request. We will do our best to honor your request. Sometimes customers want different words in different locations. If you know what you want, tell us!

If there are no ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION our artist will use their discretion to suit the bank ad they believe is best.

Most of the silver or pewter banks have very limited area available for personalization so take that into consideration when you make your request.