Show me Your Rosette

[Camano Ridge]

Ok, I know Will Ghormely has a nice set of rosette stamps and I intend to order a set as soon as I join Procrasinators Anonymous. In the meantime I have a project I have to finish in the next couple of days. I have sevral hundred stamping tools so I know I have what I need to make one just trying to figure out a comination of tools to give me a nice one. Anyone have a combination of stamps they like to use to make a rosette and are you willing to share your secret formula?

[Marshal Will Wingam]

This one is made from some of the oldest stamps I have. It ends up 2+ inches across. I made it to resemble a Meanea stamp.

The center spot is an 866
Work around that with a lined bevel (number unknown)
Radiating outward is a 761. I used a smooth bevel on one side of this.
The pedal tips are a 400
(yes, some of my stamps are old enough to have no letter preceding the number)
The veins are a V-something-or-other that I modified.

Any veiners will work as replacements for the ones I used.

[David Carrico]

Very nice!

[Johnny McCrae]

Howdy Marshal,

That really looks good. Neat and clean. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[KidTerico]

Marshal good job, I like it. KT

[Cliff Fendley]

Nice one Marshal

[Marshal Will Wingam]

C'mon, pards. I can't be the only one who makes rosettes with stamps. Anyone have one to share with Camano?

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Hi,

I slowly graduated to a 5 lb. short-handled sledge hammer on a Tandy marble base and still Will's flowers came out faded ... what am I doing wrong?

TTFN,

[David Carrico]

Here's a flower stamp I recently purchased from Barry King.

[bedbugbilly]

Wadd - This is probably a stupid question but if you're using a heavy mallet, a marble slab and it's coming out light . . . are you casing your leather before your are stamping it? 

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Bedbugbilly,

Actually I used the Vinagaroon that I soaked thr projuect in to case it ... believe me, the leather was SOAKED!

TTFN

[Camano Ridge]

Follow up question to Bedbug billy's you said it was soaked, did you let it dry out almost to dry before you stamped. I have also found it harder to get clean stamping on vinegaroon.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Looks dang nice Will, perfect to be truthful 

  tEN wOLVES

[Mogorilla]

THis is mine.  I bought it from a guy selling out his Grandfather's saddlemaking tools.   He was not a young fellow, so no clue how old the stamp is.

[Camano Ridge]

Mogorilla, that is a great stamp. I am sure it has some history to it.

[Massive]

Bedbugbilly,

Actually I used the Vinagaroon that I soaked thr projuect in to case it ... believe me, the leather was SOAKED!

TTFN

Well, jumping in from the beginner's end of the spectrum, really wet, isn't properly cased.  The idea with casing is to have the center wet, or underlying wet, but the surface dry.  That way the surface takes a neat detail while the inside is soft enough to mold.  A wet surface sometimes doesn't hold the imprint, or even gets damaged.  The simple casing, is to wet the surface and then let the wet sink in until the surface returns to a pretty dry colour, then stamp it immediately.  There is a more drawn out process involving full saturation if you want to run a longer set of cuts.  The only good thing about being a beginner is at least one read the instruction not so long ago.

[Cliff Fendley]

That is a neat old Osborne stamp.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

That's a real find, Mo. Congrats.

[springfield]

I made this one up as the larger stamps are difficult to get a good impression with.

[Camano Ridge]

I like that one too.