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Hi all!

My website is finally up and running, and I've been pretty busy. The panels are tooled in veg tan, then hand painted and finished and mounted to a latigo or bridle bass with solid brass hardware. I do all the design work and patternmaking in AI and then make my patterns

Right now, I'm running about a 4 month wait list and working on developing the business model a bit more. Currently shopping around for makers stamps and presses to stamp the collar tongue. Would love any input! Very interested in the Hex N Hit stamps out of Thailand.

http://www.bullyflop.com/

Thanks!

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Those look fantastic. With regards to stamps I've used http://lwleathers.com/ for a few and been very happy with the results. Quick turn around, great quality. I personally use a 2 ton arbor press to stamp with and it works beautifully for me plus it allows for super easy riveting and snap install.

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Those look fantastic. With regards to stamps I've used http://lwleathers.com/ for a few and been very happy with the results. Quick turn around, great quality. I personally use a 2 ton arbor press to stamp with and it works beautifully for me plus it allows for super easy riveting and snap install.

Great to know! I've been poking around those presses a bit. Do you use it primarily with veg tanned, or have you tried it on a latigo or bridle-type too? That's my primary concern... Getting in the supplies and having the stamp done, only to have it not make enough of the impression in the more heavily-oiled leathers. I use 9/10oz latigo and double shoulder bridle from Zack White.

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I use it to press our logo onto quite a few things. I went upstairs and stamped 3 pieces of leather for you and snapped a pic on my phone.

The top one is a latigo strip from tandy.

The middle is a piece of bridle leather from Abbey England

The bottom one is a piece of bridle leather from RJF (Who advertises on the forum)

You can see that the latigo and the RJF sample easily took the stamp, the middle one which is the most heavily waxed of the three didn't take as well. I didn't heat the stamp, I literally just slapped it all in the press and pulled hard. If I'd heated it the stamp would have taken even better.

If you do get an arbor press get at least a 2 ton.

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That's really the step I've been trying to tackle at this point. That and combating this weekend case of developing carpal tunnel. Apparently hands and wrists don't appreciate 9 hours of straight tooling and painting in an afternoon 3 days in a row. Go figure.

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My girlfriend is the one who does tooling, I can but I really have neither the patience nor the dexterity for it. Too many years of powerlifting I guess.

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