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

Chief

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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.

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

Bill B. Nead

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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

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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.

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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

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