Stamps for D2

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I am currently trying to get a stamp made with my logo. However, I am using D2 steel and none of the stamp manufactures I have talked are capable of marking D2. does anyone have any suggestions on where to get one that can? I have thought about laser engraving and chemical etching, but I have no access to a laser engraver, and the hole blade will be acid washed anyway so an acid logo doesn't make much sense. I could attempt to hand grind it with a dremel, but that will be very inconstant, and potentially disastrous. any suggestions are much appreciated!
 
i think any metal can be stamped when it hot. i hot stamp mine right before heat treating. i use a henry evers everstamp. it cost $185. i heard they will only do about 100 or so stamps on hardened metal, but should last thousands of stamps if the metal is red hot.
 
Seems like my stamp is made from D2. I'm not sure the RC though. If your steel is annealed then I don't know why you couldn't stamp it.
 
woodster said:
i think any metal can be stamped when it hot. i hot stamp mine right before heat treating. i use a henry evers everstamp. it cost $185. i heard they will only do about 100 or so stamps on hardened metal, but should last thousands of stamps if the metal is red hot.
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Thanks for the help! I unfortunately do not do HT myself, so I can't stamp hot metal, however, if you say it can stamp hardened steel it should have no problem with aneled D2. I'll contact the company. Thanks for your help !
 
Matt R said:
Seems like my stamp is made from D2. I'm not sure the RC though. If your steel is annealed then I don't know why you couldn't stamp it.
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I don't know, that's what I thought! Apparently not though. I think I am going to follow up with Henry evers stamps at the recommendation of woodster. Thanks for your help!!
 
I have stamped a lot of annealed D2 with no problem. Obviously, it won't stamp once hardened.
 
Tony Bose has a stamp with the two odd characters carved on the end of it, the letters D2. He stamps all his D2 blades with it. :cool:
 
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Just make sure whatever company you use has made stamps for knife makers. When I was searching for a stamp a few of the companies told me I couldn't stamp knife steel because it was too hard. I had to explain that it was annealed, not hardened. Anyway, I wound up going with a company that has made a bunch for knifemakers and this was apparent after the first 30 seconds on the phone.
 
Wait- you want to stamp a hardened blade? Nonononono....that's going to severely stress or break your blade, and won't work to boot.
Maybe the issue is grinding after heat treat? On some of my knives I just have to stamp deep in an area that doesn't get ground much, then heat treat- stamping after HT isn't an option.
You can, however get a great looking makers mark on HT D2 by using an etching setup- there's some great designs and WIPs that will take you through the whole process here on Bladeforums.
 
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