Old Tools ... Amazing Stuff.

[Mudruck]

Came into a lot of mixed stamps. Some pre-letter craftool and a number of unmarked antique stamps. Looking at the old ones, they appear to be older than the craftool. The work taken on them is pretty amazing. A couple of them don't have knurled handles and instead have a gripping surface made by dozens of hand-placed dimples. There are a couple of the stamps I'm not quite sure of, they almost appear to be a punch, but the hole is only about 1/8th" deep with one stamp having a hole about 1/8" in diameter and a smaller stamp with a hole a bit smaller.

The maul ends of a number of the stamps show considerable use. Makes one think of the numerous projects that the stamps must have been used on over the years. I cannot wait to continue to use them on more projects in the years to come.

[Wishful]

Would love to see some pictures. I too have some old stamps and the impression they leave is much more deep and defined.

[Mudruck]

I will try to get some pics of the more interesting ones up in the next couple of days. Some of them are unlike anything I've seen before.

[camano ridge]

You might contact Bruce Johnson and or Wyoming Slick on these forums. Bruce Johnson has a fair amount of knowledge of old tools and stamps. Wyoming Slick has a lot of information about craftool and other stamps. He has an article on ebay regarding craftool and Craftool markings. the ones you described as a punch but have more like a dome sounds like they might be seeders, show us pics.