More specifically, the invention relates to providing hand held engravers that can hold a graver closer to parallel to the work while at the same time raising the handle away from the work. The invention is also reversible allowing a graver to be held at a steep angle to the work.

A method for producing a tool for machining a workpiece. A metal tool blank is provided in a laser machining device which structures the tool blank on a tool surface via interference from at least two laser beams. The at least two laser beams have at least temporary pulse durations of at most 15 ps, and via the structuring on the tool surface a tool profile is generated having at least one indentation. A tool structured in this manner, a method for machining a workpiece via the tool, and a workpiece machined in this way, are also provided.