steel ID stencils

samuraistuart

samuraistuart

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I noticed USA Knifemaker has some steel identification stencils. Like "52100" and "1095". But they don't have W2 or O7 or 15n20 or 1080+ or CFV. Is anyone familiar with a company that might produce some letter/number stencils? I did find one company that had letter and numbers, but they were 1/4" tall. Too big for me. 1/8" tall would be just about right...or 3/32".

I am trying to avoid having to make my own, which I think can be done with a computer printer, some sort of special photo reactive paper, and a light box of some sort. Really don't want to have to do that. Really don't want to engrave them either, as I thought of doing with the Dremel. I don't think that will look very professional at all.
 
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I used Ernie for my custom Logo. He is a class act. I have a feeling that having custom made stencils for every steel type I use will be quite pricey. It would be nice to have a sheet with a bunch of 1s, 2s, 3s, etc and A, B, C etc. I may contact him about that.
 
He's done some steel ID stencils for me in the past - they weren't too bad price wise. I think I paid like $10 for a sheet of them...
 
The stencils that Tracy carries are from IMG. IMG is also where I had my maker's stencil made. I picked up a few to mark the steel type from Tracy myself. The stencils from IMG are professional quality for sure. Give them a ring and ask for Patricia. She's really sweet and easy to work with.

http://www.img-electromark.com/contact/
 
samuraistuart said:
I used Ernie for my custom Logo. He is a class act. I have a feeling that having custom made stencils for every steel type I use will be quite pricey. It would be nice to have a sheet with a bunch of 1s, 2s, 3s, etc and A, B, C etc. I may contact him about that.
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It's been a while but when I asked him about a similar idea he said he'd be happy to put 8 or 10 different marks/steel types on one sheet for the normal price.

As for individual letters/numbers... that would be a huge pain to cut apart, mock up and mask out on a blade.

ETA: I've also used the individual "CPM-154" "CPM-3V" etc etc stencils Tracy sells, and highly recommend them. Since Adam says they come from IMG, I would certainly give them a call as well.
 
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