Fine Writing

Writing on leather has always been a pain - very few option exist: You can stamp out letters, or tool them in, or have them laser engraved, but I think by far the best is writing with a wood burning pen!

I did this can cover many years ago. I was surprised to see my own very small work.

I had left my burning pen in South Africa and so I bought a new one. The tips were too big! So I filed them down. I still did not get a nice fine writing. Then I realized my original woodburning pen had a temperature control - on the net that meant a $300 layout! Disaster.

Luckily I came upon a website with instructions to build a under-$20-temp-controlled gourd burning pen. Ten minutes after I got home with the light dimmer switch, I was writing small! (I still have to build the dimmer switch into a more permanent little box....)

To see a video of me burning with the pen, have a look at my instructional blog, LeatherLearn.