Dear visitor,

You are more than welcome to my website! I am Imre Kajdi, glass-engraver, glass-grinder, glazier.

Since 1990 I have offered my glass products for sale in my own shop, located in Balatongyörök, along road 71. As I have personal contact to my clients I can so-to-say explore what they need, so I am able to provide a customer focused service.

My profession includes the following activities:

• grinding crystal (lead-glass) works
• grinding different glass products for daily use
• grinding plate-glass
• sand-blasting
• engraving
• glazing
• presenting, demonstrating what my trade is all about to my visitors

After obtaining the raw glass products from the glass-works I start with 'coarse grinding' then I send the half-ready items to acid treatment. When the treated glass products are returned to me I polish them and give them the 'final touch': I finish with grinding the fine patterns.

Crystal glasses, jugs and other articles have a lead content of at least 24% and feature deep tones, beautiful shine and a nice clink.
On the normal glass products, which are intended for daily use, I usually grind simpler, unpolished patterns.

The patterns I use reflectmy own ideas, the compositions are created using the basic patterns I had learned during my studies combined with my own inventions. In case of a set of 4-8 glasses all items are decorated with the same pattern but on gift ideas (like vases, ice buckets or goblets) I tend to use different patterns to make them unique.

On request I also grind glass plates (mainly used in furniture) and I also use sand blasting technique for decorating glass products.

If you have something special in mind, which you would like to see on a nice glass product do not hesitate to contact me so that we can figure out how to make it happen. I gladly engrave names, initials, a slogan etc., to make the present even more personal. Besides, as I know that old „relics" can mean a lot to their owners I also repair old glass products.

In my shop I do my best to offer my products at competitive prices. Pay a visit to Balatongyörök and find out!

Introduction

I was born in 1954, in Ajka-Tósokberénd.

My professional studies started in the Glass Works of Ajka, in 1968.

After the final exams for skilled workers and after winning a national competition (in 1971 I was given the prize Young Master Craftsman in Glass-Grinding (A Szakma Ifjú Mestere) I made my glass-grinding master's examination in 1981, and in 1982 I received my skilled worker's certificate in glazing.

Since 1983 I have worked as independent craftsman. At first I supplied resellers with my products and did quite a lot of glazing jobs. Nowadays the modern glazing techniques require a large number of special tools and expensive equipment so I focus on creating, I invent new patterns and motifs for grinding and sand blasting.

Since 1990 I have offered my glass products for sale in my own shop, located in Balatongyörök, along road 71. As I have personal contact to my clients I can deliver a customer focused service.

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Contact

Shop: H-8313 Balatongyörök (Route nr. 71)
GPS: 46° 45' 43.902"N, 17° 21' 4.932"E
Phone: 06-83/346-433
Mobile: 30/937-0323
Email: kajdiimre@gmail.com