A small bench with a long memory.
Keepsmith started in 2016 with a hand burin and a folding table at a craft market, cutting brass tags one letter at a time. People kept coming back — not for the tags, but for what was on them. A first job. A grandmother’s name. The date a flat finally became home.
Ten years on we are still small on purpose. Five materials, one workshop, no production line. We added lasers and a sand-carving cabinet, but the rule has not changed: the mark goes into the material, and a person checks every proof before anything is engraved.
We are in Kampong Bugis · 6 min walk from Lavender MRT, and visits to the bench are by appointment so we can give you our full attention.
What makes a Keepsmith keepsake
One workshop, no middlemen
Everything is engraved in-house in Singapore. The person who cuts your piece is the person who checks the proof.
Material specialists
We do not print on mugs. We cut metal, burn wood, deboss leather and carve glass — five materials, done properly.
Honest lead times
Standard pieces ship in 4–6 working days. Rush engraving in 48 hours on selected items. We will tell you before you pay.
Built to be kept
No stickers, no transfers. A Keepsmith mark is in the material and meant to outlast the occasion it celebrates.
The people who mark your pieces
Renee Aw
Trained on a hand burin before lasers were affordable, Renee started Keepsmith in 2016 cutting brass tags at a craft market. She still cuts the cufflinks and pendants herself.
Daniel Soh
Daniel runs the burning and sand-carving benches. A former furniture maker, he is the reason the walnut grain and the glass frost both come out clean.
Hui Shan Tan
Hui Shan mocks every layout and is the one who checks your wording twice before anything is engraved. If a date looks off, she catches it.
Come see something get made.
Workshop visits and hand-engraving consults are by appointment. Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll find a time.
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