Stamping Leather with Arthritis

[BlackDragon]

The four pencil grips came in and I eliminated the first 2 immediately. 

#1 was to narrow

#2 was to narrow and weird

#3 & 4 have holes that are to big for small stamps but they still show promise. They are both a dense foam but softer than holding the metal stamp.

#3 I cut a wedge out so it could hold my thinest stamp. I could use grip strength to hold it onto the stamp but any time I lightened my grip the stamp would slide out so I temporarily put a piece of electrical tape and this worked great. I can also slide the stamp out and use it on another stamp thats the same diameter.

#4 is pretty long so I cut it in half. It comes with a slit down the side so it works well with stamps the diameter of a pencil or thicker. If you use it on thin stamps you would need to cut a wedge like I did with #3.

The difference between #3 & #4 is the thickness of the foam grip and that would be personal preference. 

With both grips if you slide them down to far it's hard to see where you're stamping. With #3 since it's tapered this is less of a problem. With #4 you can carve down the thickness.

I'll be using both of these for stamping for the time being.

[dikman]

22 hours ago, steelhawk said:

It was, but the $3500 made up for it.

......but I reckon you probably earned every cent of it!

[Beehive]

I wanted to show y'all this stamp holder. I had forgot where I put it.

In case anyone wanted to a go a different route. The end is a ground clamp. Some old screwdriver handle. Polyurethane for a pad and a bolt.

It's a weird feeling using it. But it does work. I don't use it...

 

 

Edited February 15 by Beehive