Is This A Stamp Or By Hand

[beneaththesurface]

my grandpa gave this to me as a child

he either was a badass at it, or it was premade and he just added my name

it just looks to well done for me but what do I know im a newb

my custom pool case by rusty melton doesn't look this clean

[camano ridge]

Your pictures are upside down and mediocre quality so it is hard to tell but looking at how uniform the backgrounding is I would say it was probably embossed. Also looking at the lines around the rear of the wings and the tails it looks more like a embossing plate. However therea are many on these forums that could hand tool a belt every bit as good or better then this one.

[Thor]

Now they're the right direction.

I'd say it's a roller. Too much in there speaking against hand tooling. There's no area which is uneven - meaning that it's all the same depth for the same object. If there is a guy around being able to do such a uniform background by hand, I'd like to go and learn of him.

Looks a lot like this here.

Or you just follow this link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/119178630/handcrafted-embossed-leather-eagles-belt where it says embossed.

[jrny4wrd]

I sure have a hard time with belt embossing rollers. Many people dont understand that they are not the same as hand tooled and many people dont want to pay for a true hand tooled because the rolled belts are much cheaper in price. I guess we all need a quick buck though. I have a few stamps I use for quick production to add to stuff. Often I cut and tool around the items to bring it out more. Pretty sure this is a roller.

[Art]

Think about how you would do it. The bargrounding (backgrounding) shrieks immediately as machine. Think about how you barground, overstamping is very common, and randomization of the pattern is desired. I couldn't do something with lines that straight even if I had a tool to do it (except the roller embosser), and I haven't seen that pattern offered in a tool by anyone, and defy most of us mortals to run it that perfectly.

Art