Experimenting with making my own stamps

Drayton Calhoun · November 06, 2011, 05:05:39 PM

I have started experimenting with making my own stamps, to date I have a smooth bevel longer than most production, a couple of petal shapers and two border stamps. Haven't had a chance to try them out yet but will post pics when I do. I use old clamp bolts from where I work. I hate waste and we were just throwing them away. They are good sized "T" bolts and they work well with an angle grinder. Only problem I forsee is rust.

Drayton Calhoun · November 12, 2011, 03:45:42 PM

Will be posting photos soon of some of the stamps I have completed. They are all small, mostly for border stamping, no more than 3/8 inch. It's amazing the things you can make with a Dremel tool, cut off wheels and a carbide cutter, LOL. Ok, here are a few pics...

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bedbugbilly · November 15, 2011, 07:37:19 PM

Nice looking stamps! You obviously have spent some hours on them! I'd love to see what some of them look like stamped in leather. I'm curious - hae you tried using aluminum at all? I suppose it would depend on the pattern of the stamp but if the leather is cased good, will aluminum work or is it goung to be too soft? Thanks for showing us what you've done - very inspiring!

Wolf Tracker · November 16, 2011, 04:14:04 PM

Drayton nice work on those. There are some interesting patterns in some of those. They'll look great in leather. Ihad read somewhere of someone using valves from car engines to make stamps. They are stainless so they won't rust and I guess inexpensive at the junk yards.

KidTerico · November 16, 2011, 05:12:31 PM

Drayton al I can say is outstanding job. KT

Massive · November 16, 2011, 05:20:18 PM

Great work. With needle files or small saw files you can get some of the detailed ones.

Drayton Calhoun · November 16, 2011, 11:06:42 PM

Thanks, guys! I started them for chuckles, then realized that they would work good for border stamps. I have a holster that I kinda threw together as a test bed for leather dye I made and for the stamps, I'll post the picture here soon.

Andy Rombach · November 17, 2011, 11:47:11 AM

Drayton,
good work at all. I have only try it 2 times.... too hard..... It cost a lot of houres to make them. It would be nice to see some of your holsters stamped with your new tools.

Have a great day
Andy Rombach

Drayton Calhoun · November 18, 2011, 12:07:18 AM

Here's a holster I kinda slapped together testing a coffee/walnut dye and some of the new stamps...