Trade axe / plain tomahawk

[Crosche]

This is a plain tomahawk or trade axe that I made. The tomahawk was etched in acid to give it the grey surface.

 

[francist]

Nice!

 

[ShawnR]

Is your logo paint or engraved?

If engraved, how did you do that?

 

[John Conroy]

Very nice work Chad!

 

[Crosche]

Is your logo paint or engraved?

If engraved, how did you do that?

My logo is engraved. I use an electro-etcher with stencils to create the image.
I was going to do a show and tell for the group, but then Covid struck.

 

[Janger]

We will hold you to that! Sounds good!

 

[Brian H]

My logo is engraved. I use an electro-etcher with stencils to create the image.
I was going to do a show and tell for the group, but then Covid struck.

Do you use stencils made with a vinyl cutter or do you have a source for reusable ones? I just started dabbling with an electro-etcher I made and would like to get more options for stencils

 

[Crosche]

Do you use stencils made with a vinyl cutter or do you have a source for reusable ones? I just started dabbling with an electro-etcher I made and would like to get more options for stencils

I use high resolution silk screen material to make my stencils. It is fairly resilient as long as you don't let the heat build up too much.
That being said, I am playing around with vinyl stencils for larger one time etchings on blades.

 

[Brian H]

I use high resolution silk screen material to make my stencils. It is fairly resilient as long as you don't let the heat build up too much.
That being said, I am playing around with vinyl stencils for larger one time etchings on blades.

How do you make the silk screen stencils? Are they printed?

 

[Crosche]

How do you make the silk screen stencils? Are they printed?

I use StencilPro HiRes silk screen and this YouTube video shows how it's done better than I can explain.

 

[Crosche]

Nice axe, man! Wow!

Thank you