Hoy's Forge Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 heres mine . I just sign my name use a carbide rotary burr or before heat treat I'll use a graving chisel www.hoyfamily.net Isa 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.Lu 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Mr 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoy's Forge Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 well i thought i had that photo attached www.hoyfamily.net Isa 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.Lu 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Mr 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Norris Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 “All work is empty save when there is love, for work is love made visible.” Kahlil Gibran "It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them." - Alfred Adler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 that mark looks familiar on that knife! lol "He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world was mad" Sabatini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nortier Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 i started marking my blades with this a few months into my forging back in 2010. it is my initials RN for 'Russell Nortier',combined with my brand of blades 'Stalking Moon',which is my native/neanderthal name.a half moon forms the top of R and moon beams are the bottom.the N follows. preying mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podmajersky Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Here is mine. -Dietrich PodmajerskyPodforge LLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymond Jewell Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Well, I figured I would finally put mine up. (hopefully you can see it, the picture was taken by a webcam) “Fire and air, earth and water, were once considered the four elemental substances of our world. Among the ancients only the blacksmith worked with all four.” - From The Art of Blacksmithing by Alex W. Bealer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Harris Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 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... /> I've always wondered where batman got his bat arangs... 1 Trying to make each knife just a little better than the last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBrackett Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Here is mine, I drew the dragon around 1966 when I was in Jr. High: ”Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity, and honor!” George Brackett American Bladesmith's Society, Apprentice Member Hialeah, Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Spurgeon Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Here is mine: I call my smithy SageBrush BladeWorks. So I started with a Sagebursh leaf Shortened it and added my initials. I have thought about adding my full last name under the logo, or adding the smithy name which I did for a shirt to wear when I do demos: Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. ~Mark Twain SageBrush BladeWorks (New website is in limbo...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 if I may Marcin Tomaszewski Knives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sveinn Kallinen Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 mine is the norse futhark JPK which spell my initials. I'll get a pic up when i get a good looking one Sveinn For the less, even as for the greater, there is but one deed which he may accomplish only once, and in that deed his heart shall rest. I may not have a fiery beard (yet), but it is fire colored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Kemp Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I'm intrigued by the forces and elements at work in bladesmithing - hence the name/logo: Michael KempOld and Twitless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Kaiser Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 My mark. Kip A man is no better than his word! Check out the web site @ www.thekaisercustomknives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Schutte Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Hi Guys just putting my mark here it will be the bullhead pic that you see when I posted with my name! I am also registered here: http://www.knifemakersdirectory.com/ I hope I did not step over the line posting the link here, please let me know! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worth Baker Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Mine. A modified version of my family crest which is a forge surrounded by three keys. Worth Baker Owensboro Kentucky PLENA ANGUILLIS EST NAVIS VOLANS MEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csfarrell Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Here be me mark fellas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Hedges Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Here's mine, from Storm's Forge Long and mostly irrelevant backstory: Way back in the 80s, when I was a kid,my friends and I had a club. I was the designated "codemaster" and learned to write in Ango-Saxon Runes, courtesy of reading The Hobbit 25 times. In addition to a secret code, we all had code names, and I picked the codename "Storm." (GI Joe was hot and ninjas were cool, and my favorite character was Stormshadow the GI Joe Ninja.) The anglo-saxon runic "s" looks a lot like a lightening bolt, and I started using a lightening bolt for the S when I wrote my code name. When I began making training knives for fellow students in my dojo, I would carve a lightening bolt on the blade. When I built my forge and began learning the art of bladesmithing, I decided to call it "Storm's Forge," and added the anvil. So with that in mind, here's my logo (which has yet to be applied to any blade). And I have to admit, being my age and reading the above monologue, it sounds pretty ridiculous, but I like the logo and I'm sticking with it. 1 Truth simply is. Whether you like that truth or not is totally irrelevant. https://www.facebook.com/StormsForge">https://www.facebook.com/StormsForge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krateros Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 yep i'm arrogant enough to have my own mark ! i always wanted ''gorgoneion'' to be my mark but it was just too complicated to make a punch with it so i carve my initials with chisels before hardening the blade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.H.Graham Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 My initials on some, "RHG", used this a long time ago, and decided to use it from now on. Stylized european-ish dragon. Randal www.rhgraham.simpl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.H.Graham Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 My initials on some, "RHG", used this a long time ago, and decided to use it from now on. Stylized european-ish dragon. Randal www.rhgraham.simpl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell @ warehamforge.ca Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Darrell Markewitz - the Wareham Forge: The Mark : Three straight lines arranged in thirds, with a dot in each of the thirds Thisis a runic styled mark, easy to strike in with the basic hole andcutting punch every smith has. Its original source was an ancientJapanese family crest called 'the stars and swords'. I have been usingthis mark on all my artistic work since grade 10 (like about 1972 orsomething!) I like it because it is fast to do - and suits both my modern and historic replica (Viking Age) work. The Blade : 'Hector's Bane' (2012) - Two slabs of self made bloomery iron on to a core of middle carbon steel. The shape was inspired by simple one piece cast bronze knives of a kind used in the TrojanWars. (I have made a lot of this kind of one piece handle to bladeknives, primarily in layered / pattern welded materials - and have beenvery pleased with the results!) I purposefully chose to usethe bloom after the first compaction / weld, leaving the flaws to showthe distinctive source of the material. Overall length is about 10 inches, about 1/4 thick at the spine. website: www.warehamforge.caBlog : http://warehamforgeblog.blogspot.com(topics include iron smelting, blacksmithing, Viking Age)NOTE : Any posted comments may be converted into a future blog article! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Harris Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 The problem with a lot of makers marks is the absence of a name. When someone finds a really cool knife in their dads attic, they're gonna want to search and find more about it on the Internet, If only to find out how much it's worth. Trying to make each knife just a little better than the last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.H.Graham Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Well, it'll make them work for it a little, especially if all they are interested in is the monetary value. In truth, I only mark about a third of the pieces I've made. It's not something that is all that important to me. Randal www.rhgraham.simpl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) I'm just getting started in bladesmithing but I've given a lot of thought to my maker's mark. Two fancy looking fehu runes, one turned backward for symmetry. Feral Forge. Edited February 5, 2014 by Feral You will hear thunder and remember me, And think: she wanted storms. The rim Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson, And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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