How Do You Make Those Impression

[montrealleather]

if anybody know where to get those kind of letter, let me know please..

[Thor]

Pictures would help

[montrealleather]

I'am so SORRY .... did not put the picture first...

[TomG]

Looks hand cut to me. Print it on paper, trace onto a cased strap and carve/bevel.

[Chief31794]

Looks embossed to me, like it may have been done with a Plate. I could be wrong, that happens a lot lately.

Chief

[Nuttish]

Agree with Chief. Look at the letterforms and you'll see that they're identical. For example, that A is peculiar - the right diagonals are a different height (shorter x-height) than the rest of the character. They're all the same in the image you posted.

[BillB]

What is interesting is the "A" in the uppermost "Shovelhead" is revers from the other "A"s.

[BondoBobCustomSaddles]

And of course now the speculation begins. I agree with Chief, however; Bill's astute observation leads to the question, how did this happen? Perhaps the answer will lead to a revelation! Enough of that. The fact that the letters on each leather strip are (relative to the others on that strip) the dame depth and in line and so on, makes me think as Chief said, done with a plate. Perhaps the plate was laser cut for each design which would explain how the "A" could be reversed on that shovelhead strip, since the creator of the program that cut the plate, could easily have reversed it for some reason of his own, perhaps to cause us to wonder in amazement!

Enjoy the quarry!

Bob

[Thor]

What is interesting is the "A" in the uppermost "Shovelhead" is revers from the other "A"s.

Just to confuse you even more. The same goes for the E and for the D. But even though I think it's a plate.

[billybopp]

I'll put my money on computer generated image that's then CNC'd or lasered onto a plate. The equipment to do the job is expensive, so initial outlay for that sort of thing would be high, but the materials and usage after that are relatively cheap so it would probably be economical to do one-off designs that way.

Bill

[BondoBobCustomSaddles]

I am right there with you Bill. My guess is that the guy doing it, may even have had the equipment first as part of work, and branched out to leather.

Bob

[Nuttish]

Laser etching destroys the grain. Maybe he did and painted it. You'd have to see if it smells like burnt hair!

Does it look like the impressions have steep shoulders?

[King's X]

I believe Anvil Custom Leather company uses press plates for his work. His stuff is pretty unique.

[Nuttish]

I hate the typesetting but the results are very very good for the application. Thanks for clarifying

I'll just put out there again that plates like this is not out of anyone's reach and it's not difficult for a wood worker or someone with access to a laser cutter to make a jig that makes properly tracked and straight typesetting possible.

For tooling leather, all you need are your dies, a wet shop towel, and a cheap arbor press that can pull a ton.

[TomG]

I hate it when I'm wrong, but I am . I can see what looks like the edges of a plate on some of the designs. But even though creating and making a custom letter plate is fairly simple if you have the right equipment, is it really economical to do so for 1 item? I also do embroidery, screen printing and heat pressed vinyl and if it takes me more than 15 - 30 minutes to do the prep and creation, I can lose money on single shirts.

Where did the photo come from? Maybe you could ask the source?