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Scota4570
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Stamp sets with old timeie fonts?
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November 29, 2016, 01:14:05 AM »
Where can I get them for stamping barrels etc. ? I was hoping to find some, cyrillic?, font stamps that look more like old Winchester or Colt ? I sometimes want to mark a barrel for caliber or a lockplate. I also do work on single shot breechloaders. Although I have a jig that works really well, the stamps are not so hot. I got them from Brownells. The font is so plain and modern looking I hate to use it on anything that represents a time before 1900. Any suggestion on an outfit that makes such stamp sets. Before it is suggested, I don't have the skill to engrave tiny little numbers.
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Scot
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PPatch
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November 29, 2016, 04:38:05 AM »
I too have been keeping an eye out for a stamp set with a more suitable, older style, font. Hope someone knows of a source.
dave
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smylee grouch
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November 29, 2016, 04:52:35 AM »
Try google steel stamping sets and you might find several.
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Long Ears
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November 29, 2016, 05:30:20 AM »
Try: steelstamps.com
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grabenkater
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November 29, 2016, 01:31:58 PM »
A friend of mine has accumulated nearly a dozen sets of antique stamps by being patient and searching ebay constantly.
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Clark Badgett
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November 30, 2016, 04:18:51 AM »
Scota, I don't think you want Cyrrilic unless you are wanting to build Ruskii guns
If I remember correctly the old P53 Enfield rifle muskets had stamps that were Roman Una Pica.
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November 30, 2016, 05:40:20 PM »
Infinity Stamps has several older style fonts in both number and letter
https://www.infinitystamps.com/collections/alphabet-stamps
They are not cheap though!
Another possibility is Impressart in NY
http://www.impressart.com/products/letter-stamps.html
They have a number of selections of which a few are probably suitible for what we do here.
The CAnterbury and Newsprint styles would look OK I think,,at least better than the plain block lettering of most available stamps out there.
Prices are a bit easier on the credit card too.
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Scota4570
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December 05, 2016, 07:00:55 PM »
http://www.steelstamps.com/antique-font-hand-stamps1.html
Found these guys. Not sure i can justify $500 on a stamp set though.
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