I bought a 40th birthday present for a friend and it was looking a little bare…read more My friend's really into cigars. He has a backpack full of cigars, a really nice lighter, and a cigar cutter. He'd take this backpack everywhere he went to share his cigars with friends, including my husband. Every time they would light up, they'd always have to create a makeshift ashtray and try to find a place to lay their lit cigars. So husband and I bought him a portable ashtray/cigar holder from Amazon. I was initially just going to give it to him without the personalization, but it's his 40th birthday so I needed to make it special. I looked on Yelp and got quotes for engraving places. I found AKD. Chris from AKD was the quickest to respond, the cheapest, the closest, and he completed it the next day, just in time for my friend's 40th birthday. I highly recommend Chris. He takes Venmo, he's a super nice dude, and provides quality work. Thank you Chris!

Akd ink is the best print store! Chris always takes the time to get our order right. The end…read moreresult is beautiful, quality t-shirts that promote our business!

I've had this idea that I've been wanting to do for months. I contacted a few people on Etsy. I…read morewanted to support small businesses at these crazy times. No one would respond back to me. I wanted 9 charcuterie boards made with my grandmas apple pie recipe on it, to give to family members for Christmas. I finally found my own wood boards that I loved. Now I needed someone to do the wood burning into the charcuterie board. That's when I found Denis. He always answered me back very promptly. He took his time and helped me create the exact look I was envisioning. I am very detail oriented and Denis was very patient with me making sure it was perfect. The boards turned out amazing!! He got them done for me very promptly just in time for Christmas. I can't wait to give these gifts.

This place is amazingly helpful and resourceful. I had a project that required there help with…read morelaser etching engraving and they nailed it spot on to what i was visualizing. Denise and Natasha have great communicating skills that help determine the end product. Im strongly satisfied with the work they did for me and would definitely recommend them 100% and will be using the service they provide again soon in the near future. Thank you LASER PRO LA for being part of this project.

Amazing service! Even better than LOLA!…read more This is a small family owned business. Outside, the business looks like a 15anera store but it is not. Once you get close, there is a neighboring beauty salon. Laser Sharp has their own office space next door. (It is the white door with laser cut design) The SERVICE IS AMAZING! This business can do sooooo much! Teresa and Al's email response is quick and friendly. They are really good at explaining what art files they need from you. The price is great too. You can compare, but as a graphic design student, I can tell you that Laser Sharp has industry quality!

You need a great engraving job done fast and accurately?!?! Go here FIRST!!!! Highly, highly,…read morehighly recommend! Teresa was responsive to my yelp request for an engraving job quote, was able to work on acrylic, and gave a reasonable price and FAST same day turn around. She made time for my small, but meaningful engraving job for my team at work, helped me pick out fonts that enhanced the job, and I can't wait to give there engraved performance awards to my staff! The shop is not far from downtown LA (DTLA) where I work (15-20 min drive) so that I could drop off the job at lunch. There was plenty of street parking and the shop is right in a small building next to a beauty shop and close to the 76 station on the corner. What's great about this place is also the atmosphere... you walk into the shop and see displays of creative, artistic wood cutting, paper cutting, laser cutting jobs ranging from complex 3-D models to beautifully adorned signs. Immediately you get the sense they can do anything and the only limit is your imagination! The shop is clean, smells inviting, and is like stepping into a design dream world just off this busy street. The photos of Teresa's other passion - landscape design - adorn the walls. Gorgeous. Plus, she was pleasant, helpful and finished my job early! At the end of the day, she and her husband and co-owner Al (the architect) were there waiting for me. They had my job beautifully displayed for my inspection, and I fell in love. Teresa and Al are the type of business owners you want to work with over and over. Their warmth and genuine pride in their work exudes from their heart. You feel like someone in your family just went the extra step to make sure you are pleased with your requested work, job or project and on time! I know I'm not alone. They were on their way to see a customer's building at CSULA because of the sense of connection created from the model they designed for the customer in the process. I can't say enough good things about this company. I called or wrote back and forth with at least 5 other businesses in the area before choosing them just based on their customer service in our interactions. I'm so happy I did. When I give my hard working staff their 2016 performance awards on Monday, I'm going to feel like Teresa and Al are there with me to say thank you for a job well done. Again--- Highly, highly, highly recommend!

Was quoted 25 dollars each. Twice. On yelp and through email. Sent picture of lighter and design…read morewhen quoted. When I arrived I was now quoted 40 for each. The designs were switched and the yellow one wasn't engraved deep enough. Just removed layer of paint. Grey one came out OK. But still recieved wrong design

I needed to have 28 Bibles engraved in less than a week and Lauren was a tremendous help! Prior to…read moreconnecting with Lauren, I contacted other establishments who wanted more money and more time to complete the project. The engraving took less than three days and they all came out perfect.

Wonderful customer service!!! Lightning fast too!! I placed my order late in the afternoon…read moreyesterday and got the rubber stamps today. The stamps were exact replica of the logo I sent them. A keeper!!!

This place is a RIP OFF! The guy charged me 72$ for 3'' engraved rubber stamp, with ink pad and an…read moreink. Later find out that people usually charge 12$ for rubber stamps + 10$ ink pad + 8$ ink. So the reasonable total should have been 30$. No one speaks english, so when i was asking him why this is that expensive all he was saying YES to me. I guess that works out for them. It was really frustrating. Also the stamp they made for me wasn't properly made, it is very bumpy and pain in the butt to use.

I highly recommend Anderson Trophies! I needed a basketball trophy on a very short turnaround, and…read morethey came through when I needed it most. They were reliable, professional, and had great communication throughout the entire process. They made sure everything was taken care of quickly without sacrificing the quality of the trophy.

The facts: I had 5 items of anodized aluminum (approx…read more1.22"x1.62") that I wanted laser engraved (ablated, technically). Jon provided a quote and turnaround time via email within 24hrs of me inquiring. I dropped off my items on Friday, and they shipped them back to me the following Monday and I received them Tuesday. --- The good: Out of the 6 places I inquired with, Jon was the only one to provide an itemized quote ($8.95/item x 5 + $20 setup charge = $64.75) and a reasonable turnaround time (1-2 business days). The team even provided a layout for me to approve of the placement that closely matched how I designed it, to which I approved. The engraving marks themselves were crisp and clean. --- The bad: The items were offset left ~1mm and immediately noticeable upon receipt. I reply to the layout approval email to ask if being ~1mm set left was within tolerance and if there was anything I could have done to insure better alignment. The team did not respond to my email for over 24hrs. Potentially being lost in email threads, I added "quality/alignment question" into a follow up and this is the email thread: Jon: "We do not work with mm or cm. Our machines are not set up like that. So, outside items have a risk of possibly being off such a small fraction of an inch (0.0393701)." Me: "Noted. It would have been helpful to know the tolerances ahead of time to manage the expectations and design. I'm new to laser engraving and would appreciate advice on how I would be able to get more accurate alignments? Would additional templating help? I want to have more of this work done, potentially and want to make sure things are set up for better success on both our ends." Jon: "Hey Ellis, 1mm is such a small amount; all laser jobs could be at risk of that. It would not matter how the art is setup." --- Opinion: I wish I would have been informed of the tolerance they were comfortable in providing so I could determine if I approved of that. From what I gathered about laser engraving, getting a design aligned and centered on a rectangular item seems with reason. And, their layout led me to expect that's what they were going to deliver. Attached are photos of their layout I approved and what I got. I'll leave it to you, Yelpers and visitors, if you feel this is accurate enough for your purposes. As for me, I'll be exploring other services that can at least inform me of tolerances ahead of time and/or assure me of more accurate results.

Needed a gift engraved at the last moment - was a saturday afternoon and needed a going away gift…read morefor my neighbor, leaving the next day. I bid the job on Yelp, Peter responded immediately with a very reasonable bid and willing to do the job immediately. I drove over to his shop and he di dthe whole thing in like 15 minutes, came out great, saved the day. Excellent experience!

Great price, quick service! While I waited...in and out in 10 minutes. Really good job with many…read morefonts to choose from!

Terrible experience with this shop. They engraved my medal, but the engraving was clearly crooked…read more My husband picked it up and didn't notice until he got home to show me, but as a creative director and graphic designer by trade, I could easily tell. I mocked it up in the attached photo (the red lines are all parallel to each other and shown in comparison to the date on the medal). When I called to let the shop know, the man who did the engraving immediately denied that it was crooked without even seeing it. I explained that it was, but he continued to rudely and defensively insist otherwise. His tone was combative and dismissive, and at one point he even said, "Well, what do you want me to do about it??" To make matters worse, he ended the call by saying, "Well, have your husband come back for his $30 then. All this for just $30," in a condescending and dismissive tone, as if the issue wasn't worth his time or care. My husband did end up going back to the shop after my call, and he said that the man and his partner were both doubling down and insisting that the engraving was straight. They even asked two other people waiting in the shop what they thought, and both confirmed that the engraving was indeed crooked! We did get our money back, but in the end, they continued to disagree with my husband, never admitted the engraving was off, and never apologized -- even after others confirmed the crooked work too. Our issue is more with the fact that they were completely unprofessional and unwilling to take any accountability, which is especially disappointing given that this was an irreplaceable, once-in-a-lifetime medal. I would never trust this shop with anything meaningful or sentimental. If you have anything precious or irreplaceable that you need engraved, do not take it here. I was fooled by all the good reviews, and while I can't go back in time to fix it, I'm hoping this review spares someone else the same headache and regret.

Amazing fast service One hour $10…read more No parking but that's all of dtla Highly recommend