I have some doubts about stamps or craftool

[D2G]

 Hi every....

Please excuse my english, I'm from Spain and not study english language. If someone speak Spanish please do it to solve my doubts.

Ok. ¿What is Craftool? I know is stamps craft but I need know more about that, who have the patent or where buy originals or good stamps. I see and bought some on internet shops and the quality is very bad. I refere to backgrounds, bevelers, camouflage, border tools, crowners, mule foot etc.

Thank you.

[Frodo]

 

puedes obtener sellos artesanales en este enlace.   Herramienta de artesanía son sellos ok.

https://www.tandyleather.com/en/category/craftool-stamps-leathercraft

 

 

 

 

 

[D2G]

Gracias Frodo so. The tandy is the genuines stamps? That is my question. If is yes all clear.

16 minutes ago, Frodo said:

 

puedes obtener sellos artesanales en este enlace.   Herramienta de artesanía son sellos ok.

https://www.tandyleather.com/en/category/craftool-stamps-leathercraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hardrada]

AFAIK, Tandy either owns the Crafttool brand or are their main distributors. Someone, please, correct me if I'm wrong.

(Por lo que se, Tandy posee la marca Crafttool o son sus distribuidores exclusivos/principales.)

Podés ordenar directamente de Tandy, pero creo que Curtidos Cabezas redistribuye Craftool en España. Evita sitios como Amazon or aliexpress u otros sitios chinos donde es muy probable que te puedan vender herramientas espuria.

[battlemunky]

The older Craftool stamps are far better quality than the modern ones are. If you can find them at reasonable prices, get them.

[Hardrada]

Looks like everyone is cutting corners nowadays. Are Barry King stamps still top notch?

[terrymac]

Barry's are still top notch quality.  Doubt if you will ever see him cutting corners.  Same is true of Robert Beard

[Hardrada]

Personally, I've been looking at these: https://www.tandyleather.ca/en/product/basic-7-tool-set-with-rack

Not sure if they're good, so-so, or poor quality. Description says they are precision made, unlike their basic starter set, but not being able to see them in person, I'm still on the fence on whether to buy them or not. Currently, I have absolutely no tools for leather tooling.

[fredk]

5 hours ago, D2G said:

Gracias Frodo so. The tandy is the genuines stamps? That is my question. If is yes all clear.

yes and no. Craftool is Tandy, but there are many, many copies available with Craftool on them but they are not from Tandy

 

2 hours ago, Hardrada said:

AFAIK, Tandy either owns the Crafttool brand or are their main distributors. Someone, please, correct me if I'm wrong.

yes, Tandy originated the name Craftool,  but see above.

Early Craftools seem to be all steel & brass, newer ones are a cast alloy. Cheap copies are an aluminium alloy or low grade steel with alloy heads (the stamping part) To hide the low quality they chrome plate the tool and the plating fills in the detailing of the stamp.

Its a lottery out there whether you get a good tool or not. I have 'Craftool' stamps from Tandy, some are good and some are rubbish. I also have cheap ones from Taiwan and China which also say 'Craftool', again some are good and some are rubbish.

[Frodo]

D2G,  I suggest that if you want to buy quality tools to find a company close to your location that will make to order what you require.  I myself, am tired of the cheap alloy stamps and am having stamps made from steel machined for me one at a time as i can afford

D2G, te sugiero que si quieres comprar herramientas de calidad para encontrar una empresa cercana a tu ubicación que hará pedir lo que necesites.  Yo mismo, estoy cansado de los sellos de aleación barata y estoy teniendo sellos hechos de acero mecanizado para mí uno a la vez como puedo permitirme