One of those days

[J. Doyle]

You know.....Some days it isn't even worth chewing through the leather restraining straps in the morning.


I suck at stamping my name on my blades.
I just ruined a really nice little knife. Got it ground out in really good time, perfectly even grinds nice and flat, then got the stamp about a 1/2" off center. That's not the worst part. That stamp was pretty low so I thought I'd cover it with the scale and restamp above it. Halfway through the second one, I got one of my letters stamped sideways. That's when you know it's time to quit for the night.

Pretty embarassing when you're 100 times better at grinding blades than stamping your own name. I've just got individual letter stamps. But I've got a custom stamp on order and I'm going to fit it to a press to eliminate these issues.

 

[Mike Quesenberry]

The electro chemical etching and stencils is a great way to go. You can futz with the stencil till you get it just right and then make it permanent.

 

[Darrin Sanders]

I have a stamp, and I didn't like it until I built a press for it. Now that I have the press it works great. Here's a couple of tips for building your press. 1. however you hold your stamp be sure it's as level as possible. For mine I built a box the same size as my stamp welded it to the top of the press frame, then drilled and tapped a hole in one side for a setscrew to hold it in place. 2. Grind/sand a piece of steel approx 1"x2" smooth on one side and place blade on top of it before stamping. This keeps the bottom of the tang from getting small dents from a rough surface, always wipe the blade and the little piece of steel clean before stamping. Hope this helps.

 

[J. Doyle]

I have a stamp, and I didn't like it until I built a press for it. Now that I have the press it works great. Here's a couple of tips for building your press. 1. however you hold your stamp be sure it's as level as possible. For mine I built a box the same size as my stamp welded it to the top of the press frame, then drilled and tapped a hole in one side for a setscrew to hold it in place. 2. Grind/sand a piece of steel approx 1"x2" smooth on one side and place blade on top of it before stamping. This keeps the bottom of the tang from getting small dents from a rough surface, always wipe the blade and the little piece of steel clean before stamping. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the tips. We must think a lot alike because I can visualize exactly what you mean and that's the same way I was thinking of doing it.