I made myself a crude handle brand.

[Hickory n steel]

When I was a kid I started burning a chevron ( it's actually an insignia made up of 3 chevrons ) into my tool handles because it was an easy symbol to make, and was a symbol I liked because my dad was a sergeant in the army.
I used to just use my wood burner, but I never could repeat it exactly and my tool recently broke.
Here's what I was able to make out of a bolt and an old screwdriver handle.


It's definitely not perfect but it works, and a lot better then I expected for my first attempt.

 

[Wake31]

That's great work! How did you make the chevrons on the end? You said you used a bolt but how did you make the bolt into chevrons?

 

[cityofthesouth]

Looks good to me. I'm not sure why but when it comes to wood branding it just seems to look better when it's not perfect. Perfect makes it seem like a factory thing I guess.

 

[Hickory n steel]

That's great work! How did you make the chevrons on the end? You said you used a bolt but how did you make the bolt into chevrons?

First I hammered it out ( that's why it sorta looks like it was welded on )
Then I filed it into the basic shape and simply cut a couple of V's in it with my dremel ,the bit used was this little flying saucer shaped grinding bit.

 

[300Six]

Good for you! It'll ID any of your stuff amongst friends and associates that's for sure. I spray-painted all of my tools with Caterpillar yellow 35 years ago because I was fed up with colleagues and workers 'borrowing' or using my stuff without asking.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I decided to try and make another one in a different much easier way to try out.
What I'm gonna do this time is simply dremel the shape into the face of the bolt ,leaving me with what I'd call a relief stamp where the unburned part will be my mark.
If it works well, it's an easy method cots could use to make himself a stamp.

This literally took 5min and that's only because I had to find the bolt then file off the original markings. I think I've discovered the world's easiest way to make yourself a handle brand / makers mark. All you do is take a bolt and cut a pattern into the end with a dremel, and hold it with five grips when using it.
( I'm not gonna use this one, I just wanted to see how it would work )

 

[300Six]

Great, and simple, idea!

 

[Agent_H]

Very cool! Resourceful. :thumbup:

 

[Hickory n steel]

Very cool! Resourceful. :thumbup:

Thanks, every once in a while I come up with a good idea. I wish I had come up with this sooner.

 

[tanglediver]

Looks plenty G.I. to me!! :thumbup:

 

[Park Swan]

Looks cool. How bout a tree that's also chevron?

 

[Hickory n steel]

Looks cool. How bout a tree that's also chevron?

I've thought about that, but then though it would just end up looking like a pre excuse for a tree 😁
Now if I could do an exact match of a chevron then it might work out .

 

[cityofthesouth]

Cool. I like the new one. I managed to at least pick up a brass knob at the hardware store for a buck and a half or something. Aaaaaand that's all the further I got this weekend.