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suggestions on makers marks
- Thread starter DC Sheedy
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Use the Bladeforums search engine and you will find hundreds of discussions on makers marks:
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=011197018607028182644:qfobr3dlcra
They can all be condensed into:
Use your name - D.C. Sheedy - Texas ( twenty years from now people will know who made the knife and where he was from. Not so likely with "Ramrod Forge", etc.
Use a well made etcher like the personalizer or personalizer plus. They are made to do the job and do it right.
Use professionally made stencils. Ernie Grospitch is a favorite supplier of your logo stencils.
Home made stencils generally are poor, and home made etchers can vary a lot. Also, use commercial etching solution.
For a one-off, a jewelry shop can engrave it with a pantograph.
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=011197018607028182644:qfobr3dlcra
They can all be condensed into:
Use your name - D.C. Sheedy - Texas ( twenty years from now people will know who made the knife and where he was from. Not so likely with "Ramrod Forge", etc.
Use a well made etcher like the personalizer or personalizer plus. They are made to do the job and do it right.
Use professionally made stencils. Ernie Grospitch is a favorite supplier of your logo stencils.
Home made stencils generally are poor, and home made etchers can vary a lot. Also, use commercial etching solution.
For a one-off, a jewelry shop can engrave it with a pantograph.