Geoff Keyes Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I'm thinking that as a resource for current makers and for collectors that a pinned catalog of known makers marks (with pics) would be useful. Anyone else. Geoff "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard van Dijk Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Good idea here is mine, stylised RvD then flipped around. Richard Richard van Dijk My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Brewer Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Sounds like a good idea to me too.... If ya can't be good don't git caught !! People who say stuff can't be done need to git the hell outta the way of people who do stuff !!! Show me a man who is called an expert by his peers And I will show you a good man to listen to ...... Show me a man who calls himself an expert and I will show you an egotistical asshole...............!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Scott Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I like the idea. Mine is a stick-figure raven. I almost always do mine in wood, or in soft metals, rarely in the steel on the blade. This picture is pretty bad, but you get the idea. -Dan Corvus Forge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin carnecchia Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I have a stamp, just "CARNECCHIA" in block letters but I haven't been able to get a clean strike on it yet. It always comes out uneven/unreadable and I wind up grinding it out. I tried making a jig/holder but it didn't help much. I know they make a press/holder for this purpose but it is fairly expensive. Does any one have any suggestions? -Justin Visit wrencoforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 Two things that I've used with some success. One is a cheap arbor press. Build a holder for your stamp that fits the end of the post. Then you can position it where you want and smack the post with a hammer. So long as you hold onto everything, you can get multiple hits if you need them. The second is a small jack press in a frame. The problem I have with both of them is this. If you hot stamp, then you have a big depressed area with the stamp in it, and I don't like the look. If you cold stamp (after finishing, say) then you risk bending the blade and marking up both sides, which then have to be fixed. Geoff "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl B. Andersen Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) Edited November 16, 2012 by Karl B. Andersen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Madigan Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 It could go under "Old Work" next to "Library" and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Not a bad idea at all. When I have time it can be its own stand-alone subforum. I see the main "show us your mark" thread and another for mystery marks in need of identification. Thanks, Geoff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Done. Now to find time to post my own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orien M Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Here's mine...I designed it to be a monogram, representing my initials (OM). A whole bunch of people, including my wife, have told me it looks like a bat, though... :lol:/> My hand-forged knives and tools at Etsy.com: http://www.etsy.com/shop/oldschooltools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter johnsson Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Here is the one I use on reconstructions, replicas and historically inspired stuff: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dirksen Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) ] My stamp is really simple. If I remember correctly its a germanic rune for "P". I just think its a cool symbol. And I can electroetch it also. Edited November 20, 2012 by Pete Dirksen Esse quam videri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane wink Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Here is my new mark. Before this one I had just chiseled my initials but it was ugly so I stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Mulkey Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) Here's my mark. The only picture I have of it is it hiding in some knotwork, since I haven't used it on any metals yet. It's the tvimadur symbol/bindrune. I thought it was a fitting way of incorporating my initials (MM). Edited December 23, 2012 by Myles Mulkey By The Red Embers - my blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stephens Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Still looking for mine . . . I had an idea for one a while ago, but it didn't feel quite right. -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Powning Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Here's mine, a JP. In this case over a mammen style dragon, sometimes I add it in runes as well depending on the piece. Edited January 8, 2013 by Jake Powning 1 Jake Powning Swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ward Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Still waiting on my stamp :angry:/> Here it is on my boot B)/> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Stumbo Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Here's mine. Eventually I'd like to get a logo to go with EagleEyeForge, and have a stamp made, but for now I'm sticking with a 3 line S chiseled in by hand, it's worked good everytime so long as I remember the difference in S and Z (Yeah, I've done it). Eagleeyeforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpadilla Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I've been thinking about a maker's mark for a few years now. Oriental theme, scroll, or just my initials, geometric shapes. I just can't make up my mind. My goal this year is to come up with a mark and hopefully in the next month. Jesse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrod 'Jay' Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) Heres mine, it would be placed on the handle or tang of the item to be marked, and where convinient my name and year of creation would be placed on the ricasso or tang/handle. I was always intrested in having a more ystic theme for my forge. Edited January 26, 2013 by Jarrod 'Jay' "the spirit of the lion that rests in the forge of the shadow forest smithy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrod 'Jay' Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) removed my double post Edited January 26, 2013 by Jarrod 'Jay' "the spirit of the lion that rests in the forge of the shadow forest smithy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Bocker Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 This is the makers Mark I came up with this summer. It is my initials, and pays tribute to my heritage. I "borrowed" the Ukrainian national symbol, since my great grandfather was a Cossack from Zaporizia, Ukraine (as far as we've been able to trace). There is a lot of history behind the symbol, and it brought a lot of perspective to my family's history, while researching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burns Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Here is my new logo design ordering the stencils tonight. http://www.wildernessironworks.org/http://www.facebook.com/WildernessIronworksRobert Burns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ruslander Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Mike R. http://www.ruslanderknives.com https://plus.google.com/photos/110306175154054435692/albums/5576891702960826241 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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