signing sheaths

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elasmonut

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I see some pretty amazing work here, on sheaths and such, pieces that are as diffucult and require as much skill as the knife they hold, more in some cases. My question is do any of you sheath makers mark or sign your work?,knifemakers all stamp etch or engrave. I've done a few sheaths for production knives recently and felt I should mark them, and was wondering if there was a traditional way or spot already in use?
 
The only kind of mark I've seen on sheaths is a stamp. You can have them custom made to say whatever you want.
 
I know you can stamp leather, but thinking about it I've never seen/noticed a makers stamp on a sheath.
 
Most of the serious makers here have a stamp for their work, a stamp is the only way to identify your work properly.

Here's mine
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Yup, makers mark is quite common thing. Its often at the back so it doest show when the sheath is on the belt. But its up to you where you put it.
 
I have seen one maker who 'signs' his work. He uses a ball point pen (empty) and signs it on the back while still in wet form. Looks sorta cool.

I, like everyone else, use a stamp.

TF
 
I have always marked my work, I have always strived to produce sheaths that I was proud to put my name on.
 

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I just pee on my mine to mark my work.
 
Kiah said:
I just pee on my mine to mark my work.
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That explains a LOT! :eek: :p

But why does it fluoresce under a black light? :confused:


I sometimes write stuff inside my sheaths.
 
leatherman said:
That explains a LOT! :eek: :p

But why does it fluoresce under a black light? :confused:
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Sometimes I love my work a bit too much.

I sometimes write stuff inside my sheaths.
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I write on the inside of everything just to remember where to cut and grind. I usually remember to wipe it out but there's a few out there with arrows and directions down in there in silver sharpie. I was actually thinking earlier about some way to imprint some sort of mark on the inside near the top, but need to work it out. Maybe get some type of flexible stamp and just form it in.
 
I have a little wood burning kit, had a craft accessory kit with it. A couple of the tips had shapes that you could brand with, a flower and something else. There was also a smooth disk, I wonder if someone who specializes in CNC or micro carving could make a makers mark out of that? It would work on leather and plastic.

Finding that person could be interesting though.
 
leatherman said:
I have a little wood burning kit, had a craft accessory kit with it. A couple of the tips had shapes that you could brand with, a flower and something else. There was also a smooth disk, I wonder if someone who specializes in CNC or micro carving could make a makers mark out of that? It would work on leather and plastic.

Finding that person could be interesting though.
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Tried something like that. The problem with it is that it can leave ridges when lifted and scrape the handle. Timing is everything and I don't have any. That can be dealt with on two pieces with a bit of work, but not foldovers, and even then still too much work. Forming it in would leave it smooth. I may get something made up at some point or I may just go to Wally World and see if I can find cool looking "K" in the crafts section and try that.

Have also been considering painting a logo on the back side, but matching the sheath color. Subtle, but still visible and all.
 
I heat up a fork with all but one finger bent back with a torch. Branding... FTWCM.
 
I sign all mine and date them with the year. However my signature is rather "flamboyant" and it doesn't scale well...plus I never sign the same way twice. So what I have done is taken what I thought were good signature examples and scanned them into the computer. Then I size them up and down a little bit if needed. Then I print them out, cut them out, and stencil the signature on wet leather through the paper to get a more consistent signature. I like it but I have not yet really arived at a truly distinctive, consistent mark. I would get a stamp but a custom maker's mark stamp is about $100 and I don't sell my stuff so I'd rather spend that cash on supplies.
 
I use a basic stamp with my name and brand name on it to mark my sheaths. Before that I used some alphabet stamps to put my initials on them. I'm thinking of getting a new stamp with a logo on it instead but haven't decided for sure. You can get custom made delrin stamps for much cheaper than $100, by the way, HoosierQ, so maybe you shouldn't count it out :)
 
I brand my BB in everything I make.
 
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