What Can I Do With 200 1.5" Leather Circles.

[Cyberthrasher]

Any of those ideas are better than throwing it away.

That's the key

Even if they're given out as promotion, at least they're getting used.

[billymac814]

Exactly. I think some will end up as promotional items depending on if I can get a stamp made cheap enough. The stamp I use for most of my items just says "McCabe" and I don't think a lot of people would use a keychain that just says my name.

I only throw away the smallest of scraps. I use what i can and the rest I put in a bin and sell them for 10.00/lb. A lot of people buy them up for small projects and who knows what else for.

[Jax]

11/2" is ideal for the centres on grackle nosebands http://www.bluepony.co.uk/images/English-Leather-Grackle-Noseband-1445.JPG

[billymac814]

I had this stamp made up, I considered getting one that was more circular to fit the circle but I don't like circle stamps really so I wanted to be able to use it on other things too. I ordered this from the guy on this forum that was doing the Made in the USA stamps (I forget his username). I was very pleased with the quick service, I spoke with him this afternoon about it and he sent me this picture a few hours later and said its in the mail. . I've ordered about 5 or 6 from Brenda at lasergiftcreations and I've always been happy with hers as well but I figured I'd give this guy a try too. My only regret is that I should have ordered it before doing this project as it would have been a better stamp for those cases than the "McCabe" stamp.

[Cyberthrasher]

Man, I really need to get me one of those. But, I don't have a press or anywhere to put one, so I'd be limited on being able to fit my product in the bench vise. Either way, I really need something more descriptive then what I'm doing now.

The level of detail he gets in that is awesome.

[billymac814]

I do use an arbor press to stamp mine on when I can but with my holsters a press won't work so what I use is a pair of vise grips. I ground the teeth off of it and cemented a piece of leather on one side. This of course only works on the edge but you can use those other visegrips that have a bigger throat and get 5-6" or even more with the larger ones inside of something. You could even epoxy the stamp right on the one side depending on how big the stamp is. My larger stamp takes two squeezes, on on each end and since I use different stamps and different methods to stamp it I wouldn't want mine epoxied on but it could work. You could also do the mallet type but I don't really care for them, I have two that I never use, the one is rather large and I find it difficult to get a good clean strike consistently.

I also had the whole second amendment put on a stamp, that one definitely requires a press.

These flat press versions are cheaper than the mallet type too.

[EmbossingDieCompany]

Glad you like it Billy!!!

[billymac814]

Glad you like it Billy!!!

I do, the picture looks great. I'm sure ill be back for more.

What do you guys think would be better for the keychain, a split ring(normal key ring) or that ball chain stuff. The ball chain stuff is probably cheaper and would be easier to attach to my items. I think a key ring would be more likely to get used though, I just think with just a hole punched in it it won't lay in the same position as the keys unless I put a smaller metal loop in there first which I don't want to get that involved with this.

[Cyberthrasher]

When I originally suggested it, I thought of that exact same question, which is why I said key-ring (not that you'd know that )

the ball chain just says "this is a tag with a fancy metal clip", where the key ring with some other method of attachment says "this is a keyring - use it as such". Now, you could put a little piece of that chain in there and then put the keyring on that to get things facing the right direction. Just a thought.

Edited February 5, 2013 by Cyberthrasher

[spooky]

Make a set of runes? http://www.runesdivination.com/

Add a very fine chain and make wine/port labels???