Maker Stamps-Where To Buy? How To Stamp?

[camano ridge]

Here is Clay's Facebook page you can contact him through facebook. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Leather-Stamps-by-Clay-Miller/120176791368237

[David Bruce]

I just got 4 magnesium stamps from Wayne over at Illinois Engraving. His pricing was great and I had the stamps in my hand 3 days after sending in my art work. Here's a shot I took of one of the stamps right after I got it. I just wet the leather and stamped it with my arbor press (I still need to mount the die to a piece of wood so that the impression is uniform). These will be great for hot stamping.

Edited April 26, 2014 by David Bruce

[Grandpa]

I use the simple $4 stamp from Tandy, then add my initials using a 1/8" alphabet stamp set.

[LTC]

i need to look into getting a maker's stamp also. can anyone recommend a good stamp maker whose stamps can be heated up with a torch for heat stamping that will also work for regular stamping (with a mallet...not a press...)

i'm not interested in that soldering iron solution...i want to be able to just heat it up with a torch.

Edited April 29, 2014 by LTC

[David Bruce]

Why do you need to use a torch? I am going to use my magnesium stamps for hot stamping but with a heat gun. This is hot enough to stamp finished leathers and you can still use them to stamp cased leather. You would not want to use a torch or anything too hot with magnesium since it is dangerous. Look up Ian Atkinson's youtube video on hot stamps.

[LTC]

Because I want to use a torch.

1. I don't feel like buying a heat gun.

2. I don't feel like waiting for the stamp to get hot enough with a heat gun.

3. Nobody said anything about using magnesium. I know I can't use magnesium...that is why I was asking what materials would be appropriate to use with a torch.

[Glendon]

For heating with an open flame, I would probably go with brass. Good heat conduction and fairly strong. Will be more expensive then the magnesium or steel though. Calvin at LW Leather makes brass stamps. Most of his are for presses though. You will have to ask about handle stamps.

[LTC]

is there some reason steel won't work?

[Glendon]

It would work, but the heat conduction is not as good. Steel would take longer to heat then brass, and may not hold the heat as long.

[LTC]

that's fine...I'd be heating it then immediately stamping.

if using brass, i think the whole thing would get pretty hot making it difficult to hold. maybe i need asbestos gloves. lol

most of the time, i plan on using it with a mallet anyway...i just want the option to heat it up to use on finished leathers, non veg-tanned, etc...