What's Your Handle? (Origins of your maker marks)

[Orangeleather]

My makers mark looks good in my head however I'm struggling to source any kind of original template or stamp due to it being that unique, old & quirky (Scottish coat of arms)

Basically I've two choices,  either search the web for a non-copyright image to freely use/edit for my laser engraver & do it that way (easiest once I've aquired the image)

or

get a blacksmith or metal worker to design a complete original stamp.

 

[Mjolnir]

5 minutes ago, Orangeleather said:

 

get a blacksmith or metal worker to design a complete original stamp.

 

you are killin' me. I'll design it for free then go find a blacksmith. I went to college for graphic design.

[bikermutt07]

Here are some pics of the stamp. First time to be seen on the open net. I built the image on Adobe CS4.

 

In the impression you can see the slope. The left is at the proper depth going to an almost too shallow on the right.

My idea for the stamp is "Leather Nut".

 

 

In this image you can see how the face and back are not parallel. The post is set square to the back face. Rossr and I were discussing how I might be able to fix it. But it will leave at the most a shallow impression.

[Sanch]

 Mine "Sanch" is simple short for Sanchez. The mark I hand drew when I first started it was a quick 2 min sketch seated on the seat of a fork truck at work years ago on graveyard shift.  I was an art major way back then and when I found leatherworking it tied many of my favorite media together per say. So that's the spade my "ace in the sleeve" if you will.  Leather working has remained where my other habits/hobbies have tapered off, except periodic knife making. Here's the mark.  

[KingsCountyLeather]

7 hours ago, Mjolnir said:

you are killin' me. I'll design it for free then go find a blacksmith. I went to college for graphic design.

I designed this mark myself and don’t know if I like it. I had a plastic makers mark made on Leatherworker.net and before I get another makers mark made in brass, I’d love if you’d have a go at altering it to make it better?

Would you mind trying please?

Ger.

kings county leather.pdf

[alpha2]

13 hours ago, KingsCountyLeather said:

Uí Failghe

I'll bet when you say that, it sounds different than when I read it and try to say it!

[maxdaddy]

Shabang! Leatherworks is what I decided to call my leather 'business'. I considered many alternate names that tied in some other areas of interest; guitars or computers. I'm a computer engineer in my day job and shabang had just enough geek potential to win the day. 

What's a shabang? Well, if you're writing a script (small program) on a unix computer system, the first line will contain the 'shabang'. It is a couple of characters (#!) that essentially tells the operating system how to interpret the script... which shell to run it in. The logo incorporates both the # and the !....  S#abang!

My leatherworker.net handle, maxdaddy, is simply because I have a son named Max, and well, I'm his daddy.  :-)

[KingsCountyLeather]

2 hours ago, alpha2 said:

I'll bet when you say that, it sounds different than when I read it and try to say it!

I’ll try to sound it for you...

Ouu fall geah .  

Well I tried! 

[alpha2]

Thanks! I was right, mine didn't sound like that...

[MakerUnknown]

Should have included this above.  The mark I burn is a simple U shape.

And that gets laid down three times to become MU.  MU besides standing for Maker Unknown is also a Buddhist concept for nothingness, no thing, nothing, negative (a simplification) and fits in perfectly with my brand.