Makers stamp

[HarryB]

Pretty simple; used to be Brown's Leathers and when I started concentrating on holsters, primarily for law enforcement, I changed it to Silhouette Leathers for the silhouette targets used by the popo and it stuck. I also used High Country Custom when I did most of the custom work for High Country Cowboy Company. Now its mostly "H. R. Brown ~ Maker"

[jbird]

when I was about two monthes old my hair fell out on the sides and was thick as a weed patch in the middle that's right like a Mohawk any way my mom said he's a got some Indian from the looks of it and yes a big laugh she says, well some monthes later I saw some old torn pants and mom said she made chaps out them and I would not give them back so she said he's got some cowboy to and yes another big laugh I made my first chaps at ten out of a swamp cooler cover and have always thought that the picture of a cowboy in those old Dust Chaps was poetic, and so after that story I came up with dusty chap leatherworks.

I should add that I always had eye for creating and I think this name is a good segway to my work.

Josh

[Sasquatch]

Makoa means "Fearless" in Hawaiian. My fiance and I came up with it. Although we have never been we are getting married in Hawaii next year. As far as fearless well I am a huge Pink Floyd fan and Fearless is one amazing song and a bit of a motto...

You say the hill's too steep to climb

Climb it

You say you'd like to see me try

Climbing

You pick the place and I'll choose the time

And I'll climb the hill in my own way

Just wait a while for the right day

And as I rise above the tree lines and the clouds

I look down Hear the sound of the things you said today

Fearlessly, the idiot faced the crowd smiling

Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round, frowning

And who's the fool who wears the crown?

And no doubt in your own way

And every day is the right day

And as you rise above the fear-lines in his brow

You look down and hear the sound of the faces in the crowd

(You'll never walk alone...)

And so Makoa Custom Leather was born.

Edited April 9, 2009 by Sasquatch

[TomSwede]

I just had to make a keyfob so it will be easier to see that my makers stamp is supposed to resemble an eye with my compass star logo in the center as the center of an eye.

Not sure this vision of mine comes through but I use the name 1eye1 as sorta business name so wanted the stamp to be in relation to that and at the same time have the compass star incorporated to it. An oval shape seemed to be pretty common so I made it in diamond shape instead.

Tom

Edit: Thanks to John K Karnes aka Indypbear for making my Delrin stamp totally happy with it!!!!!

Edited April 9, 2009 by TomSwede

[AndyL1]

However my nickname, 'Badger', came about when I was a Fireman in London many years ago. I had a dark Van Dyke beard which had a grey stripe each side, at the corners of my mouth.

At change of Watch one day, a new guy walked into the Watchroom, gestured at me with his thumb and said 'Hey, is that guy eating a Badger?'

Much hilarity ensued. It stuck.

Cheers,

Karl

That's pretty funny right there. Mines fairly easy, ARM leather, basically my initials and a logo I made for myself which has multiple meanings:

1. I am left handed, hence the left hand.

2. An arm representing ARM leather.

3. A hand for "handcrafted leather goods".

4. I like it so there.

[Sal]

My business name is Ranch Dressings. I've been making everything and anything since I was a kid (a long time ago), and a few years ago, my son, who lives in Jackson Hole, WY, asked me to make him a pair of chaps. So that was my first attempt at leather work. They turned out really awesome and now I have made chaps and chinks for a lot of his friends out west. Some of his friends work or live on or own horse ranches--thus the "Ranch" part of the name; and because I am also involved in a lot of garment construction---thus the dress, or "Dressings" part of the name.

I do need to get a makers stamp. Any suggestions of who/where to get one made?

[pete]

how about just a blank stamp.

tell them you work out of hidden valley.

pete

[Sal]

how about just a blank stamp.

tell them you work out of hidden valley.

pete

Hidden Valley--very funny.

[steve mason]

I guess I am kinda old school, my stamp says ," Steve Mason, Maker, High River,Alta."

because that's my name, and because I am the maker of what the stamp is on, and I live in High River, Alta

[KatieG]

Well....

Once we register a fictitious name, we will be Fuzzy Monkey Leatherworks. (we being my husband and I) Why? Well.. we have 7 of Webkinz's Cheeky Monkeys (well 6 monkeys, one bear who wants to be a monkey lol)..that are hilarious and adorable all at once. They keep popping up in random places with us, becoming a running joke. (Got one for him as a silly, we've acquired more.... etc etc.)

Otherwise, I sign my carving as HM... My high school nickname was Honoo Moeru - meaning "burning flames" according to the friend who dubbed me Mo, due to my wanting red hair and I had a bad temper when people would mock my friends (I've always been a little weird)....and I'm Irish. BUt whatever. But it became a big part of me and who I am, heck the inside of my class ring says HM while the outside says "Katie".... so I've kept HM as a signature - it won't change, even though I'm married. Using it for art since High School and beyond!!!

Okay that's random. *Wander off*