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Custom branding iron

Designed, welded, heated, and used to brand wood; then post-processed.

  • Welding
  • Forge
  • Branding
Square wood block branded with custom figure logo from the branding iron
Branded mark
Wood plank with custom branded logo mark from branding iron, shown with work boots for scale
Branded wood
Custom metal branding iron heating in a firebrick forge with flames
Forge heating
Hand-drawn design sketch with measurements for the branding iron logo
Sketch
Steel branding-iron pieces laid out on a circular plate before welding
Steel layout
Heating the branding iron in a firebrick forge on a workshop bench
Heating
Wood board with two test brand marks from the custom iron
Brand tests