If I may be allowed to quibble, the laser process is not engraving, it is etching the surface only. Engraving is done by small cutting tools,chisel or pointed, hand or power driven, removing metal to create the desired pattern. Hard to figure someone actually engraving a Handi, altho I have thought about doing mine, as the process is expensive. Hard to say, but the photo looks like the gold may be plated, rather then inlayed. Goat