Leather stamp maker

[Blood]

Evening all.

Does anyone if this parish make leather stamps to order? Got a couple I'd like to use to personalise my new home made kit.

Many thanks

[dave budd]

depends what sort of thing you are looking for. I have recently started making pretty simple designs like thors hammers, hearts, stars, etc. Anything more complicated than I can do with a file (like my own makers marks) I have made by a stamp making company; Davidsons Marking Equipment. They don't have a website but their phone number is i the book (the online version of the yellow book), give them a call and they will sort out brands, stamps for metal or leather, rollers plates, all sorts!


These are the sorts of thing I do. Davidsons will do pretty much anything you can conceive, including tiny lettering. I know somebody on BCUK did a group buy on some leather working stamps made from a soft metal a while back. I think they found a company who produces the stamps as a sheet (like a sheet of card) and folk on the forum paid for an inch of the total plate until there were enough to make it viable. I didn't look into it far because it was ONLY good for leather, whereas the steel stamps I use can be struck into metal too

[f0rm4t]

depends what sort of thing you are looking for. I have recently started making pretty simple designs like thors hammers, hearts, stars, etc. Anything more complicated than I can do with a file (like my own makers marks) I have made by a stamp making company; Davidsons Marking Equipment. They don't have a website but their phone number is i the book (the online version of the yellow book), give them a call and they will sort out brands, stamps for metal or leather, rollers plates, all sorts!

...but I'm getting a blank page on your site Dave

[Blood]

Very nice Dave! I like some of those. Hmmmm new idea forming and the cogs are turning....

[dave budd]

...but I'm getting a blank page on your site Dave

really where? its coming up ok for me

[f0rm4t]

really where? its coming up ok for me

Yeah same for me now Dave, must have been my end mate.

[Blood]

Here what I'm after, or something very close to it :-)

[dave budd]

how big?

[Blood]

I guess somewhere between 15 to 20 mm. How does it work Dave, the larger it is the easier to do?

[dave budd]

yeah. the larger the stamp the easier it is to do the design. The trouble then is that the more detailed the image, the more easily any mistakes show up!

I might have a go at something like that, just as a technical exercise since it would involve me learning a new technique But I suspect it will work out not much cheaper than getting Davidsons to do it from an image that they scan into a computer (my dog cost about £60 i think). I'll have a play later in the week and see how I get on with something similar and simpler