Goldmark 23K Foil Strips

[LeeAnne3]

I was given some old tools and patterns and in the bunch I found some goldmark 23k foil strips. Has anyone used these on leather? How do you finish over it so it doesn't rub off? What else can I do with them? I have recently started making mounted shooting holsters so I figured I could use them to accent tooling on them. Any information would be great!

Thanks

[Sylvia]

hi LeeAnne. did your old tools come with a heat embosser? Back in the 50s or so they used a heat embosser to put gold on leather. The thing looks like a little press with an electric cord.

[Kevin]

Sylvia is right, but maybe you got some book binding tools that can be heated and used with the foil.

Kevin

[Northmount]

Wood burners work with some of these foils as well. Sign your name!

CTG

[WinterBear]

Is the back of the foil glued? I'm not certain as far as heat embossing foil goes, but I thought either the foil or the area to be foiled had to be treated with a "heat activated" glue to get the foil to grab a hold on the hide.

[LeeAnne3]

uote name='Sylvia' timestamp='1343939762' post='259008']

hi LeeAnne. did your old tools come with a heat embosser? Back in the 50s or so they used a heat embosser to put gold on leather. The thing looks like a little press with an electric cord.

Nope, no heat embosser. There were some nice old craft tools my favorite is a turnback tol 947, and eight old native symbol tools that are very different than what I can find at tandy. now

Thanks for your quick response.