Mudruck Report post Posted March 9, 2014 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wishful Report post Posted March 9, 2014 Would love to see some pictures. I too have some old stamps and the impression they leave is much more deep and defined. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mudruck Report post Posted March 9, 2014 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
camano ridge Report post Posted March 9, 2014 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
