Thread: 8/8 razor with a few firsts for me.

Originally Posted by RezDog

The list or desirable stuff is alway much longer than the allowable budget in my life too. All in good time I suppose.

That's it all good things come to those that wait, fingers crossed.

nice work looks like a shorty ??
Agreed your logo is & should be a representation of your self

My first items I hand engraved my logo on & it looked not to impressive

had a go & made a stamp but found I had to stamp hot steel or get a bad stamp or risk & double stamp from bounce


personally I am settling for pro made stencils & etching my works you can pretty well finish the job then etch before final polish & all done clean with neat lines
I got my etch stencils made by a lad in Aus $70AUD for a 4" * 6" sheet

Originally Posted by RezDog

I have bought a couple of custom made steel stamps and it seems to me that they are $200ish apiece. A tough one to set up on but I am sure that in the long run would be a worthwhile purchase. I wonder what all the other guys have done?

Found this site: Infinity Stamps, Inc. - Custom Steel Hand Stamp for Metals
Not sure if this is what would be used?

I looked at these also early on
but I wanted 3 stamps & it keeps adding up

Originally Posted by Substance

nice work looks like a shorty ??
Agreed your logo is & should be a representation of your self

My first items I hand engraved my logo on & it looked not to impressive

had a go & made a stamp but found I had to stamp hot steel or get a bad stamp or risk & double stamp from bounce


personally I am settling for pro made stencils & etching my works you can pretty well finish the job then etch before final polish & all done clean with neat lines
I got my etch stencils made by a lad in Aus $70AUD for a 4" * 6" sheet

Yeah I've made three in this batch and there all shorties. I do prefer a shorter razor but just changing thing up really.
Your etching look really good and I think that's the way to go. Thanks for your input much appreciated.

Etching really well!!!

Etch is the way to go. Had a stamp, really only works well on aluminium. As for design, mine is my initials squeezed together with a circle around it. you just have to play around with designs until you find something that speaks to you.

Originally Posted by Thisisclog

Etch is the way to go. Had a stamp, really only works well on aluminium. As for design, mine is my initials squeezed together with a circle around it. you just have to play around with designs until you find something that speaks to you.

Thanks for the input buddy. Seems like the concensus is that etching is the better option all round. Now I need to get artistic and come up with a mark/logo

Second the "year made" suggestion. It would be something if the vintage makers had adopted that practice from the beginning. Ken