Debossing Leather With Old Printing Blocks

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  • @annwaters9484
    @annwaters9484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool! I've picked up a bunch of those old metal printing blocks over the years and they've been just sitting in a drawer. I always wondered how they would work on leather. Thank you for this video! You have inspired me to take them out of the drawer and see how they do!

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks that's great Ann

    • @tracywilson5732
      @tracywilson5732 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a few as well and I've wondered how to use these on paper?! I don't have a press.

    • @annwaters9484
      @annwaters9484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tracywilson5732 you could get an ink print brayer and a rubber stamp ink pad. Press the block onto the pad (charged with ink), place the paper onto the block that is inked and use the brayer to evenly press the paper onto the block. That should make a nice print.

  • @dontmindme8709
    @dontmindme8709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow, I never knew embossing could be so detailed!

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi this was a soft temper leather, I suspect with a slightly firmer one I could get more resolution....perhaps another video! Rgds Harry

  • @kimainsworth7056
    @kimainsworth7056 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your video got me thinking of all the linoleum blocks I carved years ago for printing on fabric. I don't have the luxury of owning a 4 ton press, but out in the garage there is a serious bench vise, and there is an antique book press that might do the job. Thank you so much for the inspiration!!!

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That should work....a 2 inch block is ok with 2 tons that you will get from a vice.

  • @danielwilson5102
    @danielwilson5102 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Do you find it strange that within half an hour, over 100 people have stopped what they were doing to watch a video you made? I like them, I find them informative and interesting.

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Daniel....I am very grateful for the interest.

  • @PhotofriendlyJR
    @PhotofriendlyJR 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have answered a question for many of us. Online resellers/retailers appreciate your video, they are busy raising prices now.

  • @janylove7432
    @janylove7432 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just found many printing blocks on my grandmother’s attic. Looking forward ti used them or try to find an use. Your video is very helpful. Thank you

  • @nigelwylie01
    @nigelwylie01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For any who are interested in etymology, the words emboss & deboss are derived from Latin. A ‘boss’ is a swelling, protuberance or raised ornament. The prefix ‘em-’ is a development of the Latin prefix ‘en-’ which means ‘in’ or ‘on’. And the prefix ‘de-’ is Latin for ‘from’ or ‘off’. So to emboss is to put a swelling onto an object, and to deboss is to take one off or from an object (ie make an impression, as Harry does here in this video). I am indebted to www.etymonline.com where I checked my derivations.

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks good to know.

    • @nigelwylie01
      @nigelwylie01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      An extremely geeky comment of mine, but I do find that understanding a word’s derivation helps me to remember it’s meaning. Am I weird that way?

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nigelwylie01 Probably, but we need people like you...and hopefully geeky me with leatherwork! Rgds Harry

    • @nigelwylie01
      @nigelwylie01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shout out for the geeks of the world! 😂🤓

  • @BoB4jjjjs
    @BoB4jjjjs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful, didn't think it would be so easy.

  • @wiffasmith1
    @wiffasmith1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Will have to have a rummage in my printing block collection and see if I can use my printing press to get an impression

  • @mikeboone4425
    @mikeboone4425 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Now you've probably increased the price of the printing blocks now.

  • @johnhartley3596
    @johnhartley3596 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They came out great. I’ve got to try it.

  • @jackreeves3001
    @jackreeves3001 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing! As always a fun and informative video.

  • @scottmorrell148
    @scottmorrell148 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impressive They came out great

  • @GradyGillis
    @GradyGillis 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant addition to the craft. Off to ebay to see what's available.

  • @michaelflynn6178
    @michaelflynn6178 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impressive Harry

  • @tammyfinch8577
    @tammyfinch8577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks like a grinder of food.

  • @jackierudd2010
    @jackierudd2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Might be a bit off track, but, I'm sure there is a company who makes metal pressed things in the Midlands ( possibly Wolverhampton area) one of their names was Rudd. I think Nick Zametti (youtube ) had some little emblems made by them to put on the bottom of his projects a while ago. Just a thought. 😊

    • @jackierudd2010
      @jackierudd2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look what I've just found 😊 Rudd Macnamara Ltd, Holyhead Road, Birmingham, B21 0BS, UK Phone: +44 (0) 121 523 8437 Email: enquiries@ruddmacnamara.com
      125 years in business.

  • @cleathercrafts
    @cleathercrafts 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one! I wonder if wooden textile printing blocks would hold up to the pressure. Hmm...

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Possibly as it's evenly spread.

  • @ffotograffydd
    @ffotograffydd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can I ask where you bought your clicker press, please? Did you import it yourself or is there a U.K. stockist that I've managed to miss?

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can import via French agent to reduce transport costs, you will obviously need to pay ...account for tax.

    • @ffotograffydd
      @ffotograffydd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Harry Rogers Thank you, Harry, that's useful to know. I wonder why they don't have a UK agent, I know at least six leatherworkers who have been looking for a reliable pro-spec clicker press over the past year or so.

    • @otm646
      @otm646 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why not get a benchtop hydraulic press? These clicker presses are overly expensive for what they are. In the US a benchtop 6 ton is $80. That exact clicker press lists at $1450.

  • @mikeboone4425
    @mikeboone4425 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Clever.

  • @pilesofpoodles4954
    @pilesofpoodles4954 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    And you bought the clicker press anyway?

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I finally got one into the UK and it's very good.

  • @johnstanton8499
    @johnstanton8499 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    A swiss man Rudd made vices , hope this helps?

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are that's interesting...perhaps it's some form of cart vice??? The mystery continues.

    • @666gwp
      @666gwp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would agree with John Stanton that it looks like some kind of leg vice type device on the second impression 👍 They both came out better than I thought they would 👌

  • @phyllismulkey3778
    @phyllismulkey3778 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    interesting

  • @paulj3653
    @paulj3653 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The impressions look really nice. But how do you EMBOSS? ANY IDEA

    • @harryrogers
      @harryrogers  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Paul.. some people emboss using a raised die and thin leather. I guess another way is to make a hollowed out die with a flat field around it. I think you will find some TH-cam films around the car upholstery people on this...it looks fantastic when they do it.

    • @TheHarleyEvans
      @TheHarleyEvans 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      maybe you could make a negative and pop both the leather and the negative into a vaccuum chamber

  • @scottmorrell148
    @scottmorrell148 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    found them on Ebay for cheap