Heres a pic of a hawk blade that was stamped with our new stamp..Good stamp and dosnt get hot at all when you stamp hot(with contact being only a few seconds)

Heres the hawk if anyones interested..

Thats a nice clean stamp! Beautiful hawk, what type of figured wood for the handle?

KYBOY,
I didn't think it was possible to get a touchmark that crisp and sharp with a stamp.
If you don't mind my asking, where did you get it? And how much did it cost?

Bill Roy, Ill send you a PM

Send a PM to me to please I would like the info. Thanks! I don't care how much it cost, each touch mark is going to be different cost. I would like to know where you got it from.

KYBOY,
I didn't think it was possible to get a touchmark that crisp and sharp with a stamp.
If you don't mind my asking, where did you get it? And how much did it cost?

ditto here...Maybe you could post the info for the rest of us? Inquiring minds would like to know. :P

Me three, please if you can PM or a post for everyone would be real nice THANKS :)

Nice touchmark KY. Maybe just post the maker here? We can get what we might want priced directly and after seeing the quality I don't think a little publicity would be out of line.


Frosty the Lucky.

I agree with Frosty share the wealth, please

I don't need too much invitation. While I did not make the stamp for KYBoy, I do make stamps (touchmarks) for blacksmiths. Usually in S-5. The biggest difference in mine is I include a handle as shown in the ones I did for jesse:

Grant those are very nice. Not that it matters but do you hand carve those or mill them? Do you charge a flat rate or by the time required to build?

I quote based on my mood at the moment. Usually competitive. I mill in graphite and EDM the stamps in already-hardened material.

could you call me when feeling real charitable?

Sorry guys it took so long I got this touch mark at CMT (columbia marking tools). Stampman on here is who I contacted first then he put me in touch with other company employees..
Its a fine stamp. 5" long and plenty of mass..Wont get hot when you stamp hot as long as you dont hold it on the metal more than a few seconds. It marks cold very well too..Im sure there are plenty of makers out there who could do a good job as well but CMT did a fantastic job on this one :D

I'm trying to design my own touchmark and I'd love to see some examples of what other people have done... I know a lot of people do names or initials, but there's a whole lot of creativity here...

Names and initials are searchable. Easily described patterns without letters are very common, making them less searchable. There is a directory on Anvilfire.com that may help.
Phil