Best leathercraft stamping tools according to redditors
We found 11 Reddit comments discussing the best leathercraft stamping tools. We ranked the 10 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 11 Reddit comments discussing the best leathercraft stamping tools. We ranked the 10 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I recently put a lot of time and effort into getting my groomsmen the perfect watches for their groomsmen gifts. When all was said and done I thought it might be fun to make a big effortpost about it, both for posterity as well as to potentially help any redditor grooms looking to do something similar in the future. Enjoy!
I began browsing r/watches and dipping my toe in wristwear culture about 3 years ago. When I proposed to my now-wife she insisted on getting me an engagement gift, so I asked her for exactly this, with the indicated customized bezel, insert, and strap. Wearing that Amphibia daily and experimenting with modifying it in various ways was a fantastic introduction to the horological lifestyle. It is a perfect workhorse watch: reliable enough to keep good time, just finicky enough to force a beginner to learn how to address its quirks, and durable enough to handle any amount of inexperienced fumbling with its components.
When the date of my wedding started to get close, I considered my options and quickly decided that I wanted to get my boys watches for their groomsmen gifts. With that goal in mind, I started to narrow down selection criteria for watch candidates:
Once I started looking around for watches I fairly quickly came across this review on Amazon and instantly knew I had found the right watch. The cream dial fits extremely well with the blue suits we were wearing, the aesthetic was just nice enough to fit a wedding but also function as a daily beater, Seiko is a fairly reputable watchmaker, it really ticked almost every box.
The only two outlier concerns were that the SNK803’s price was a little high on Amazon at the time (the price fluctuates over the year, it’s common to see them listed anywhere from $55-$90) and the watch strap that came with the watch was pure unadulterated garbage. To address the price concern I went to Ebay, found a seller that had experience with putting SNK803’s on the market, and told him I wanted to bulk buy 9 watches (7 groomsmen + me + our family friend officiant). After some back-and-forth we settled on the extremely reasonable price of ~$60 per watch and price was no longer an obstacle. When the watches arrived it was like Christmas morning!
Changing the strap with a budget leather strap from Amazon was the final obvious adjustment that would make these perfect. I took some inspiration from a past r/watches post and decided to leather stamp each groomsman’s initials on the inside of the band using this. All things considered this process went fairly smoothly, the only difficult part was carefully aligning each stamp so that the letters didn’t look off-centered relative to each other, but if you go slowly and carefully the results come out looking pretty decent. Actually changing nine watch straps was a bit of a trial though, and I ended up going too quickly and accidentally scraping a lug along my middle finger and bleeding on my best man’s watch band. Made for a good story later when I gave the watch to him!
The finished product was perfect. The guys all loved their gift, they fit the aesthetic of the wedding perfectly, and they garnered tons of compliments over the weekend of the wedding. 10/10 would do again.
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At tea drinking this woman was pro.
She loved cats, jeeps, and leather
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I bought a metal stamping kit and went that route. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0783J7PFM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_4OrZCbBZ177G4
Have you considered using leather stamps? You'll need to find the correct font ones, and slip something into the shoe for the backing, but then it should be a breeze to stamp in new lettering and fill in the bossed letters. Odds are it'll end up looking pretty sharp.
Here's roughly what I'm talking about, courtesy of Amazon
It’s actually just a stamp set I bought on Amazon
Alphabet Stamp Set
Here's the one!
X503 Tri-weave Leather Stamp
I have This This This and This best I got
Yes chrome tanned double shoulder from Tandy for $99. I used a little over half of it. It was I believe 4/5oz. I just started leather crafting maybe 5/6 months ago, so I’ve just been using the chisels that came in this starter kit I got on Amazon. I think they’re 4mm?
Thanks for the interest. I used 2-3oz economy leather from Tandy Leather. Here's the list of tools I used:
Finished with:
Hope this helps
It's an E294 stamping tool from Tandy.
http://www.amazon.com/Tandy-Leather-E294-03-Stamping-66294-03/dp/B0045SKPVC
Sure thing! Caydo 202 Pieces Leather Sewing Tools Kit Leather DIY Hand Stitching Tools with Sewing Pony, Prong Punch, Hole Hollow Punch, Matting Cut for Leather Craft Projects https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L5KFM4D/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_g4kWCbWCCBXDP
There’s always one or two things you’ll always want to make things easier or more effective, but this has been getting it done. Got my leather from Amazon as well.