Trademark steel stamps

Heather_A_Hamilton 2015-10-12 06:44:27 UTC #1

any recommendations of a good company in USA/Canada that makes steel stamps for one's logo/trademark?

I would like to have a steel stamp made with my logo for marking my work.

Does anyone have any recommendations of a good company and any other advice on what is important in hiring someone to make this for me. Is there a usual/typical size that works best for the steel stamp and will a brass hammer be best to use for this stamp? Thank you. Heather, on beautiful Vancouver Island.

carolackerman 2015-10-12 12:45:32 UTC #2

http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/ep822i

pscott 2015-10-12 14:17:34 UTC #3

Rio Grande's Impressions department can order those for you. You can also call over and request to speak with someone in the impressions dept. You will need to send in artwork. Keep in mind that when your design is shrunk down and is stamped into metal, you need to be able to read it. We often see designs that are too complicated to stamp well in metal.

Here is a link for custom marking stamps.
http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/ep822k

Best regards,

Phillip Scott
Graduate Gemologist
Technical Support Specialist
Rio Grande, A Berkshire Hathaway Company
1.800.545.6566

tim_crain 2015-10-12 14:17:36 UTC #4

Heather we used Alpha Tool and Die in New York City but it has been several years so I'm not sure if they are still in business, I hope they are, they were very good. I always have used a Steel hammer to hit the stamp with. I would suggest having your stamp made as a curved ring stamp as opposed to a straight stamp, you can stamp everything with the curved stamp but the straightstamp can not stamp the inside of a ring. Good luck, Tim

rmeixner 2015-10-13 02:42:34 UTC #5

Harpur Manufacturing and http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/ep822l . I have used both. Rob

Sean_Ward 2015-10-13 02:42:34 UTC #6

My wife loves her Carol Ackerman wedding band set! I think it was the four leaf collection and is in platinum. Still gorgeous after 14 years. Thank you Carol Ackerman and Company!

Sean Ward - Sacramento, CA

andy_c 2015-10-13 02:42:34 UTC #7

Here's a handout that I made in 2014 for a lecture that I did on Maker's Marks. I came up with a simple logo and then bid it out and then had it made....

http://www.ganoksin.com/ftp/PDS_Makers_Mark_handout2.pdf

Andy Cooperman, Metalsmith
andycooperman.com

kezzo1 2015-10-13 15:23:11 UTC #8

Thank you for the and sources about Maker's Marks.

I was curious if the maker's mark had to be next to the quality mark or can it be put on the other side is the shank?

Thanks,
Kathy

Christine_Bossler 2015-10-13 15:23:21 UTC #9

Cr Hill and Au Enterprises in Berkley, MI provides this service as well

Cr Hill:
http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/1qr

AU Enterprises:
http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/q4

I have had work made with both groups and have been very happy.

Also, Nice packet Andy!

Elliot_Nesterman 2015-10-14 02:09:59 UTC #10

I was curious if the maker's mark had to be next to the quality
mark or can it be put on the other side is the shank?

The laws vary from country to country. Here is the germane text from the U. S. Gold and Silver Stamping Act of 1906:

Each identifying trademark or name applied to any article of merchandise in compliance with clause (A) of this subsection shall be applied to that article by the same means as that used in applying the quality mark or stamp appearing thereon, in type or lettering at least as large as that used in such quality mark or stamp, and//*in a position as close as possible to that quality mark or stamp.*

Elliot Nesterman
ajoure.net