So.. How do you get images like this?

[Eslyn]

 

I've been googling and googling trying to figure this out with no luck.  The best I can come up with is laser engraved, but from what I've seen those machines are pretty pricey, and most of the folks I see doing this are real small time or hobby and probably couldn't afford such an expensive machine to play around with as a business... Any ideas?  Or is there some cheap laser engraver that I missed that can do stuff that's like 12x24"?

[LatigoAmigo]

There is no image to view, so one can't see what you are referring to in this post. But regarding laser engravers, some communities have "maker spaces" where laser cutters/engravers are available for use. It is a great way to learn how they work and see if one might belong in your future.

[Eslyn]

I'll attach the image to this post, since linking it doesn't seem to be favorable.

 

The closer makerspace to me is about an hour away, so no way that's really viable unfortunately.  It would probably be cheaper for me in the long run to buy a cheaper engraver and see if I can get it to work than run back and forth, between gas costs and teh cost of using the makerspace itself.

 

I've seen there are some pretty cheap engravers out there on ebay, for $100 or so, that can do a decent sized area.  So it might be something I'll have to look at more.  Ideally I'd love to be able to do larger images, but I know doing anything more than few inches wide is a pretty big, and expensive machine.  At least from what I saw.

[spb47rus]

9 hours ago, Eslyn said:

 

Я гуглил и гуглил, пытаясь понять это без удачи. Лучшее, что я могу придумать, - это лазерная гравировка, но из того, что я видел, эти машины довольно дорогие, и большинство людей, которых я вижу, это настоящее маленькое время или хобби, и, вероятно, не могли позволить себе такую дорогую машину, чтобы играть как бизнес... Любая идея? Или есть какой-то дешевый лазерный гравер, который я пропустил, который может делать что-то вроде 12x24"?

пирография.как и на дереве.

Translated with Google Translate:

pyrography as in the tree

Edited April 20, 2018 by Northmount
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[charon]

I‘d say this is never pyrographed. Instead I think ghis is stamped on the leather using a rubber stamp. There are  nice stamps available everywhere and the key is to use waterproof ink such as archival ink. Ian Atkinson has a video about rubber stamping leather on his channel, check it out.

[bikermutt07]

I think this is laser cut. It looks too detailed to be a stamp. That would be a big stamp.

If you have this in your possession, does it lay totally flat on the leather or is it recessed?

As far as hobbyists goes..... There was a hobbyist a few months ago asking how to build a mobile shop in his trailer for when he was travelling. It had to have space for his big laser engraver, a work area, and his Corvette. He didn't want to leave his laser at home in his big full time leather hobby shop. So, hobbyists do come in all tax brackets. 

Some of those people who could be flying $20,000.00 model airplanes chose leather work instead.

[kgg]

I agree with Bikermutt07 it doesn't look like a stamp however I think it could have been done with a tattoo gun. Back in the day when all registered dogs were tattooed with a series of Kennel Club assigned letters and numbers, I would practice on a piece of pig skin. You had to be fast, steady and you needed to get clean, clear lines in a small space on the puppy. Easier doing big breeds but the toy breeds were always a challenge. 

[Eslyn]

These are definitely "printed" in some fashion.  They're not done by hand.  These makers produce the same image over and over again.  I don't have this in my possession, unfortunately.  Definitely not stamped, there's too much variety in the offerings of these markers for stamps like that, and a lot of them will put whatever you want on it, so it would have to be done on the fly.  If it was pyrography, it would have to be some type of automated thing for reproduction...Is that a thing?

[baroness]

Doing a quick search it is possible to transfer toner (something printed on a laser printer)  to leather.  Dharma trading has some materials for transferring inkjet prints to fabric.  Hmm, run a piece of leather through the laser printer on a manual bypass path......

But there are also some large, intricate rubber stamps.  Trying to get a clean image on any of these techniques would be a challenge.

[kiwican]

Could also be digitally printed onto the leather