picking a touchmark/logo

[M.J.Lampert]

pulled a drawing of an public document in the program and walla 

thinking I might put a hammer beside or would that be to much?

[JHCC]

I like it. Looks more like mountains. 

Now, see how it looks reduced down to the size you'd actually be using. I think you'll find that adding a hammer would make it harder to read.

[George N. M.]

Looks much better, MJ.  I agree that a hammer would be too much.  Now, you have to decide how you are going to strike it into your work.  You could have one made commercially (about $US 100 IIRC the last time I checked, about 5-6 years ago).  You can strike in the mountains with 4 chisel blows and have the anvil as a separate punch.  IMO it would be pretty demanding to make your own punch with this design, not impossible but not easy.

"By hammer and hand all arts do stand."

[M.J.Lampert]

printed out at 1/2" with and without hammer you where right its almost to small then i decided to thicken the edges and enlarge the anvil a hair more so its bolder the only thing im unsure of is the space between the anvil horn and the mountain should i increase that?

[ArmySoldier72]

that looks Real nice!!!

 

ARMY

[JHCC]

On 5/31/2022 at 3:56 PM, M.J.Lampert said:

im unsure of is the space between the anvil horn and the mountain should i increase that?

 

I think so, and furthermore, you can angle the bottom of the space under the horn, like this:

(Although that detail might not come through in the smaller size.)

[M.J.Lampert]

that definitely improves the look

now do I leave the anvil horn facing left or flip it to face right really I cant decide which looks better (I like them both)

leave your opinions below 

thanks

              

[JHCC]

Frankly, either is good. Pick whichever way matches how you have your anvil set up in your shop. 

[Glenn]

Horn to the left is (in my opinion) better as the eye starts at the point of the horn and then follows the anvil to the heel.

It follows the way we (in the US) are taught to read, left to right.

[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

I vote horn to the left.

[Frosty]

Left here too.

Frosty The Lucky.

[Goods]

MJ, are you left handed or right handed?

Both work great! Pick what feels right to you.

David

 

[ArmySoldier72]

I like both But I agree something about left just looks right. 

 

ARMY

[Scott NC]

  I don't know if anyone mentioned it, MJ, but nice avatar.  Way better than that green M.  Recognize that right off the bat.  Nice logo.  Wish I'd chimed in on the design, though if I had it might not look so nice...

[JHCC]

14 hours ago, Glenn said:

It follows the way we (in the US) are taught to read, left to right.

Unless we're being taught to read Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, or Korean, of course. 

(Or Old Hungarian runes, boustrophedon Greek, or Egyptian hieroglyphs, the latter two of which are bidirectional.)

[M.J.Lampert]

goods left but i needed to make sure it looked fine for the general population who are not perfect

1 hour ago, Nodebt said:

Way better than that green M. Wish I'd chimed in on the design, though if I had it might not look so nice...

ya the green M almost reminded me of a old hospital look but i didn't have something i liked for this site before other sites have nice little items but they didn't seem to cross over to here

[Glenn]

As a final test, use the design to create a return address for an envelope, stationary, business cards, etc.  You do not have to go to production, just test out the creation.  

[JHCC]

My great-great-grandfather had an engraved full-body portrait of his prizewinning Merino ram on all his stationery (he was one of the people who introduced the Merino sheep to Vermont in the 19th century). It would not have made a good touchmark.

[M.J.Lampert]

3 hours ago, Glenn said:

return address for an envelope, stationary, business cards

   

i believe this would look nice and the Wile E. Coyote automatically goes with an anvil

maybe a line on the back saying smashing coyotes since 2022 or would animal rights get after me for that?

[ThomasPowers]

On the thumbnail on my laptop that piece under the horn almost looks like a teardrop.

[M.J.Lampert]

1 minute ago, ThomasPowers said:

that piece under the horn

? the lower section of mountain after the cut out?

[ThomasPowers]

Yes.

[Frosty]

If I had to pick my least favorite thing it'd be the foot of the anvil. It should be solid, not standing on feet like that. That's just a matter of taste though, "To each his own said the old lady as she kissed the cow." To quote my Grandmother.

It looks good, I like it.

Frosty The Lucky.

[M.J.Lampert]

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

If I had to pick my least favorite thing it'd be the foot of the anvil. It should be solid, not standing on feet like that.

not sure how i missed that yes i agree that needs fixed

[M.J.Lampert]

so i was looking at a map book near an area that I had been in and noticed this place thought it was an interesting place

this got me thinking that perhaps my name choice of Two mountains Ironwork which was meant to be describing an imaginary point in my mind but i recently found that that is the translation of a town in Quebec (Deux-Montagnes) so I decided to think of a Place that holds more significance to me while still keeping the touchmark so my mind when to my grandparents ranch at the base of the Ilgachuz Range so I decided to have a look and the closest peak in that system is Tundra Mountain.

now the reason I posted all this is I'm trying to decide between Ilgachuz Range Ironwork or Tundra Mountain Blacksmithing both which turn up nothing close in web searches

tia

M.J.Lampert

ps. ilgachuz

Edited January 6, 2023 by M.J.Lampert
ps, b/c font shows l and I as same