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Do you guys use a stamp or electro etching for your maker’s mark on your knife blades. Thanks RJ
 
I have an electroetcher. It's not very good for this purpose IMO. I have a quote from a company for a stamp. Need to respond and order it. Like 150.00 if memory serves. Need to dig that email out.
 
You guys are funny!
I started with a makers mark that I etched on the blade but found that the discoloring (around the etch) sometimes was troublesome. I ended up getting a steel stamp with my mark and completely satisfied with it.
My stamp came from Henry Evers.
 
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opaul said:
You guys are funny!
I started with a makers mark that I etched on the blade but found that the discoloring (around the etch) sometimes was troublesome. I ended up getting a steel stamp with my mark and completely satisfied with it.
My stamp came from Henry Evers.
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Guess you have to use the stamp with enough pressure when the metal is hot? Does the pressure displace the surrounding metal much at all ?
 
RJ55 said:
Guess you have to use the stamp with enough pressure when the metal is hot? Does the pressure displace the surrounding metal much at all ?
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Actually I use an arbor press I got from harbor freight. I position it in the ricasso area. I use a welding magnet to hold the stamp in place and square with the blade. I stamp the blade after it's profiled and the sanded to 120-180 grit. Position the blade with the stamp held in place with the magnet, hold the arbor press handle down and whack the ram head with a hammer. It's fine on 1/8" or thicker steel. Any thinner and the mark puckers the back side. I do all this pre-heat treat.
 
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opaul said:
Actually I use an arbor press I got from harbor freight. I position it in the ricasso area. I use a welding magnet to hold the stamp in place and square with the blade. I stamp the blade after it's profiled and the sanded to 120-180 grit. Position the blade with the stamp held in place with the magnet, hold the arbor press handle down and whack the ram head with a hammer. It's fine on 1/8" or thicker steel. Any thinner and the mark puckers the back side. I do all this pre-heat treat.
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Thanks for the info.
 
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