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so i make about 20 wallets a month and I put big initials on them but this person wants his initial and in the corner his wife's and kids very small like the size of a bigger news paper print is there an affordable option for me I need the letters ( T. M. J. )

Thanks

Josh

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Any got some ideas i am really hoping so

Josh

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so i make about 20 wallets a month and I put big initials on them but this person wants his initial and in the corner his wife's and kids very small like the size of a bigger news paper print is there an affordable option for me I need the letters ( T. M. J. )

Thanks

Josh

I have a set that were, I believe, metalworker tools. I got them from a woman selling her husband's shop stuff when I volunteered with 4H. If you can't find something similar, I'm willing to ship them to you as a loan. I have to use them this week to make a "plaque" for the inside of a box, so I can send you a pic of how big they are.

Holly Moore

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Josh,

Sometimes a guy can find old letters in different fonts from printers. What I use for small letters are ones from Harbor Freight or other industrial suppliers. They are pretty cheap and hold up for leather. Like a lot of HF items, they are over-stated and under-rated for what they are sold for - metal in this case. I think they have them in a few sizes. TLF used to sell a set of small letters too. They still might.

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Josh....if all else fails, what about using that little cutter thingy with the spinner on the top of it.....you know....whad-ya-callit.....a.....a......a......................oh yeah!...................YOUR SWIVEL KNIFE!!!!!!! :rofl:

Just joshing with ya!!!!! :thumbsup:

("and the hits just keep on coming!") :banana:

Bob :lol:

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Holly thanks a lot I really am grate-full, but i think I can find some, I hope

Josh

I have a set that were, I believe, metalworker tools. I got them from a woman selling her husband's shop stuff when I volunteered with 4H. If you can't find something similar, I'm willing to ship them to you as a loan. I have to use them this week to make a "plaque" for the inside of a box, so I can send you a pic of how big they are.

Great stuff thanks Bruce i will check it out

Josh

Josh,

Sometimes a guy can find old letters in different fonts from printers. What I use for small letters are ones from Harbor Freight or other industrial suppliers. They are pretty cheap and hold up for leather. Like a lot of HF items, they are over-stated and under-rated for what they are sold for - metal in this case. I think they have them in a few sizes. TLF used to sell a set of small letters too. They still might.

Josh

Dusty Chaps Leather

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Keep moving forward! On a horse.

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Josh....if all else fails, what about using that little cutter thingy with the spinner on the top of it.....you know....whad-ya-callit.....a.....a......a......................oh yeah!...................YOUR SWIVEL KNIFE!!!!!!! :rofl:

Just joshing with ya!!!!! :thumbsup:

("and the hits just keep on coming!") :banana:

Bob :lol:

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I would but I like the look that you get with small letters pressed in but any way I guess My skills are not in the same Ball PARK :rofl: as you.

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Hi...Bruce has got it! Harbor freight usually sells metal stamps for stamping letters into steel, and they work ok on leather. The only thing is that they're a bit difficult to use without getting some outside border markings on the leather. You'll want to practice first for sure. Normally, they've got 1/8th and 1/4". And for what it's worth, they're hard to beat on compressors too.... :)

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I agree with Kevin, Josh. Try to find a set of metal worker's stamps and if you get some border markings lose them under some very light background stamping. I get the same problems with the larger 3D and letter stamps but it is an easy matter to use a background tool to cover the border marks.

Ray

Hi...Bruce has got it! Harbor freight usually sells metal stamps for stamping letters into steel, and they work ok on leather. The only thing is that they're a bit difficult to use without getting some outside border markings on the leather. You'll want to practice first for sure. Normally, they've got 1/8th and 1/4". And for what it's worth, they're hard to beat on compressors too.... :)

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Jbird,

I have several sets of Metal Type Print that I purchased at antique stores and on line on Ebay. Although I have done the swivel knife bit (I have not even tried to do 12 pitch with a knife) as well as the leather stamp bit (smallest is 1/4 inch letters), I prefer the Metal type print since I can have a range of fonts and lots of letter so I can do full names and phrases at one time. The best of all is that some of them interlock so that the spacing and line level is consistent. The sellers on ebay that I watch are letterpreservation239 and rembrandtlobell.

BillB

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