Glenn Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Show us YOUR sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Here is what I hang out the side of the tent at the faire's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I made this one for the shop that I restored for the New Braunfels Conservation Society but I don't have one at my home shop since it's located behind the house and no one ever visits (apart from other blacksmiths). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jymm Hoffman Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I made the sign brace in 1981 while a student at Salem College. The sign was made in March of 2007 by Country Fab, with their new computer controlled plasma table. My initials in the center is what I have been using as my mark for over 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegodlesky Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Geez! You guys all have some fancy signs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibble Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 oops, wrong button. Awesome signs though. I have to get over to my pallie Scott's and use his plasma cutter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 here's the sign outside my shop, little baby dragon in sheet copper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primtechsmith Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I made this for Mike a few years back for Christmas. It is all 3/8" aluminum. It is all cut out on a waterjet. Anvil is Black anodized Letters are Gold anodized I ran a couple of waterjet machines, and did some editing for a sign company. I did all the cutting, anodizing, and finishing during lunch breaks for a week or so. It was a good experience... Peyton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Here is my other sign to take to demonstrationssign for demos - Blacksmith Photo Gallery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pault17 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I don't have a formal sign as yet. I did cut one out of plywood and painted it up real purty for a Christmas bazaar this past Christmas to hang hooks and ornaments on. I will have to get a picture. Mr. Hoffmann, I noticed your initials and actually have a very similar mark. My initials are PAT and I started using mine in the 6th grade, back in 78-79 time frame. If you look at the bottom of the knocker backing you will see my mark. I cut and filed my stamp out of the end of an old cold chisel. The problem is I cut it out like I make my mark, and not in mirror view. So now all my marks are backwards. My wife calls it my dyslexic mark:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jymm Hoffman Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Paul, I started writing my initials this way around 74-75, then got the idea to incorperate them into a mark after I started my own business in 81. Similar minds? The only difference from the sign is my mark is in a square cartouche, (carved the initials into the end of a square punch.) Since the sign is a cut out, the horizontal line for the A stops short so that part does not fall out. My intials are JAH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ornametalsmith Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 here's a shot of the sign outside my shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Gee Mr. Bill, the sign is rather plain don't you think? The hanger is lovely though. Frostilio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtforge Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Here's mine. My daughter made it with felt so it can be rolled up between shows. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentin Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Not mine but i did it and sent it to the customer today .... here it isHPIM5613 - Blacksmith Photo Gallery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steponmebbbboom Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 bill and valentin - outstanding. the following four pictures are the current sign i have, shaped like a thought bubble and salvaged from some old signalling equipment; a shot of the front of my building before i moved in, and some shots of the old galt knife plant. i intend to paint my signage on the front above the door in this style, extending all the way across, saying HOPE FORGE, HAMILTON, ONT. so take a look note: the bulk uploader rearranged the order of these pictures, not sure why. my shop is on the far right. great thread topic Glenn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug C Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) My son the graphic artist just made this sign for me as part of his Senior project at college. All that money paid off.:D Edited May 22, 2009 by Doug C get image to show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokshasa Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 you guys have some awsome signs, i myself have no sign but i will someda lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 That's very attractive Doug. Congratulations of realizing some return on the tuition already! Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug C Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Thanks Frosty. Now I just need to build the skills to make the sign really mean something!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Heat it beat it and keep the good mistakes. (I read something about that SOMEWHERE) We're all on the path and the end is when we quit or die so the destination isn't the important thing, it's the trip. Enjoy the trip. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neg Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I'm pretty excited about finishing my sign, so I'm bringing this thread back. Keep posting them! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFullSmokingBar Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Here goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borntoolate Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Last name is Stick. SF = Stick Forge. Made from some leftover scroll work... experiments and a left over piece of Mahogany. Carving tools from a buddy of mine that died last summer. Black comes from Sharpy Marker on the wood. Lettering ment to match the band KISS. Not a big kiss fan btw... Also matches my homemade touchmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 My little teaching studio no power tools allowed... The other three are in the background... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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