Scriber
Scriber. A sharp pointed steel tool used by engravers and inscribers to mark or score a metallic surface prior to engraving a design or lettering. Also called engraver's marker. The design from a drawing or cartoon in exact size is trnsferred to the steel die blank and outlined by a scriber. Or the die surface can be treated with dye blue and the design drawn freehand with the scriber. See engraving.
excerpted with permission from
An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor