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    Quote Originally Posted by davedove
    All the embossing I have done is done with a mallet and a special stamp. There are stamps in a wide variety of shapes and I'm sure this work took several.
    So... basically, you make the stamp you want (or buy it) and then use it and a mallet to bash the hell out of the leather?

    Sweet... I may like leatherwork.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jfellrath
    So... basically, you make the stamp you want (or buy it) and then use it and a mallet to bash the hell out of the leather?

    Sweet... I may like leatherwork.
    Well, not too hard. You have to do it hard enough to set the mark, but not so hard you punch through. That's actually pretty hard though. The first few times I did it, I tapped it too light and the mark didn't set, so I had to do it again harder.
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