Thread: Stamping the blade.

I see a lot of vintage blades that are stamped. I'm think seriously of making my own custom straight razors. But I would like to stamp the blade eventually, and I can't find any YouTube videos on it. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Wellcome to SRP,look into laser engraving

I would still prefer stamping over laser

The tang may be stamped, but not the blade.
Stamp before HT and you grind away the stamp. And stamping after HT is not an option.
On the blade, you are limited to engraving or etching. And engraving is probably not an option either due to the curvature and thinnes.

I currently only use letter stamping on my blades as I too like the look of a stamp over laser etching. There are some companies in some of the knife magazines that offer custom stamps, but I have yet to look into them. If you get a set of letters, get a set (or do it yourself) that has what they call a "thumb groove" in them. This helps you to orient the stamp so that the letter is upright as all stamps I have are square shafted. A thumb groove is just a groove or two that you make sure your thumb is on so your letter isn't sideways or upside down...your thumb is on it before you whack it with your hammer. A lot of those cheap sets out there are just that...just cheap sets and not clear & crisp letters.

As Bruno said, you must do it before HT or the steel you are trying to stamp would be as hard or harder than the stamp & you would just break your razor & ruin your stamps.

I have 2 stamps. One for razors/smaller knives and one for larger knives. I prefer it. I also do electro-chemical engraving/marking. As far as stamps go, mine go about .020 deep. I rough grind to near finished dimensions, stamp, HT then finish grind.