Cufflinks UK

If you do not know what gift to buy for a man, consider something highly personalized and stylish, a piece of creativity and attention that you pay to this person. Whenever you thing about male accessories, cufflinks come to your mind quickly. And why not buy a pair of cufflinks and engrave them with some personal congratulation or just a man’s name on them. Thus they will reflect his personality.

We believe that engravable cufflinks are ideal gifts for men, either for business events or for marriages. To engrave the word Groom does not go only for the newly married man, but also for his best man, groomsmen or the fathers of the happy couple. There are a lot of fields that can benefit from engraved cufflinks, for example, holidays, sports, professions or else whatever characterizes the personality of the person.

The uniqueness of the engraving makes the gift especially valuable. Pay attention to choosing the original
design so that nobody else has anything similar to yours.

A History of Engraving Art

The history of the art of engraving goes back to as far as thousands of years. There were already engraved cups, bowls and even jewellery that people used as gift and signs of respect and attention. Scientists in archeology prove that about million years ago there existed engravings in various metal artifacts.
The art was especially popular at the times of Roman and Greek Empires. Rich people were fond of showing engraved valuables in their halls.

Nowadays advanced technologies gave new birth to engraving techniques and styles. It is now possible to make engraving even on the smallest objects, and engraved cufflinks are another example of this combination of art and technology.

Engraving Styles for Cufflinks

For a business event you consider buying a pair of rectangular engraved cufflinks that go well with a strict business style suit as it possesses both style and comfort. Nevertheless there are a variety of cufflinks that are suitable for not so formal meetings as well. They are truly fashion pieces that reflect different sides of one’s personality.

For casual events you look at tome engraved cufflinks that are quite versatile for all kinds of situations. Theme based cufflinks get more popular now, too. They can reflect your political or religious believes, hobby or sport preferences, thus underlining different traits and attributes of your person.

So the options of the engraved cufflinks are great in number. Consider using one of engaveable Cufflinks UK for your gift.

I prefer these five pairs of cufflinks that you can have a look at.

Designer Antique Fiber Optic White Silver Cufflinks w/ Presentation Box

Designer Antique Fiber Optic White Silver Cufflinks with Presentation Box

These are nice for weddings. Italian styled cufflinks that are set in rhodium, silver mount. Top quality fiber optic glass is skillfully set in a rhodium, silver setting, with ornate design around the perimeter. This kind of glass is made possible by fusing millions of fiber optic glass strands together, so it changes color in different lights. These antique cufflinks are quite conservative, yet not boring at all. Fiber Optic White Cufflinks are complement to blue, white and many other French cuff shirts. Each pair is finished by hand. Check our Cufflinks UK page.

The measure is 5/8 to 7/16 inches.

Antique Styled Cufflinks w/ Presentation Box

These are silver plated antiqued finish round cufflinks with black enamel, and the edging has a beaded effect design. Quality craftsmanship and superb styling. Offered by Cufflinks House, a leader in the retailing of quality gentlemen accessories, including cufflinks, money clips, tie clips and formal sets, as well as storage solutions.

14k White Gold Antique-Style Diamond Cufflinks

These are absolutely stunning solid 14k Gold Antique(Celtic)-Style  Diamond Cufflinks with 1.42 carats of SI1 G-H Color Diamonds, an ideal gift for ideal man. Minimum total carat weight: 1.4200 carats, brand name: Solid 14k Gold, metal stamp: 14k, metal: white gold, gem type: diamond, dimensions: ¾ * ¾ inches.

Antique Train Cufflinks – Automotive Themed Formal Wear Cufflinks

These are stylish cufflinks for stylish men. If you wear a nice shirt, you should wear nice cufflinks, too. This type of cufflinks will let you show little attitude and personality. The dimensions are ¾ * ¾ inches, and they are available in silver, gold, enamel, sterling, etc. The item goes with a beautiful box that makes for a great gift.

Antique Cufflink Set with Light Topaz Crystal and 14kt Gold Overlay

You cannot easily find such elegant unisex cufflinks like these. I love the detail in this set that has a antique filigree look and features numerous Swarovski crystals on each pair. We carry this item in three different colors so make sure you shop our site. Each pair is finished by hand to ensure a quality, lasting pair. Cufflinks arrive in chrome gift boxes suitable for gifting. Set with a platinum overlay so it never needs polishing Covered by Cuff-Daddy’s Lifetime product guarantee Great for wedding parties!

Cufflinks UK

Here we will discuss the history of cufflinks, including cufflinks UK.

It goes back to Middle Ages when so called cuff string decorated wrists of stylish men of yore. We can find early reference to what is now known as cufflinks in the London Gazette of year 1684 which described a pair of cuff buttons with diamonds. This magazine published an article about gold enameled cuff buttons two years later.  Then a decorated single chained cufflink made of gold was discovered in Suffolk, England, in seventeenth century.

French cuff, or poignet mousquetaire, came into existence in mid-nineteenth centrury, giving a way for continuing taste for decorating sleeve ends. It marked the boom of cufflinks of many styles.

It was beginning of the twentieth century that history of cufflinks entered its vintage era. Well-known designers as Cartier and Tiffany made a whole range of original designs, from gold and silver materials to platinum. Even this only combination, gold and platinum, provided a lot of opportunities to make intricate styles and patterns. Many cufflinks were decorated with gemstones and hard stones.

Victorian and Edwardian gold cufflinks went with a lot of antique and original designs, with up to eighteen carat. There were diamond studded fox heads, game birds or fish that attracted sport fans. Novelty designs included skulls and crossbones. Race horses and attractive women were very popular, too.

Rock crystals were fused together in silver in some of the vintage cufflinks. Most cufflink styles were inspired by nature or sports. There were such designs as globe or air balloon, too.

Famous designers Van Cleef and Arpels and Cartier contributed to this themed period of cufflinks. For instance, they made distinctive checkerboard engraved with diamond studs. Rubes and sapphires adorned vintage cufflinks. Faberg designs included diamond and gem sets that you can see in some shops in Moscow and London.

In the thirties of last centrury there was art deco cufflinks with geometrical shapes that were adapted a couple of decades later with rectangular check and bar.

Retro vintage cufflinks, like 70s chunky hard stone and chunky circles cufflinks, made its way to catalogs.

If you want to buy a pair of cufflinks, be sure to inspect them for dents or repair. Enamel damage is concealed by paint that is almost impossible to match the original look.

Without a designer’s mark vintage cufflinks will not be truly vintage. Find information about cufflinks and cufflinks UK on our website.