Steel stamps are an ideal tool for making a touchmark because they offer a long-lasting, cost-effective tool that can be easily customized. Adding a touchmark is often one of the last steps in the creation process, so it is critical that the mark is made correctly. Over the years we’ve helped many artisans and craftspeople make their unique touchmark, and we’ve created a step-by-step guide for making the perfect touchmark.

Recently, a large international firm specializing in welding inspections found Durable Technologies through an internet search and reached out to us about using hand stamps as welding inspection tools.

Custom steel hand stamps make customization easy without complicated machinery or tools. Made from long-lasting, durable steel, our hand stamps are a versatile, easy way to make a custom mark.

Oowee Products of Asheville, NC creates custom, hand-crafted, leather sleeves for mugs and other beer accessories. Recently, they partnered with a major brewer for a promotion of their product line at large events. Problem was, they wanted to be able to customize a stamped mark into the leather but didn't want to use a standard font. They were looking for a custom hand stamp letter set and that's where Durable Technologies came in.

Inspection stamps play an important role in many industries as tools for ensuring quality control.

One of our most popular marking solutions is the steel hand stamp. 

Custom steel dies and steel hand stamps are ideal for marking blades and knives with text, logos, and designs.

Anna Nava-Liess, the owner of AN-L Handcrafted located in VA, is a modern artisan. She creates custom jewelry that reflects her tastes, experiences, and eye for beauty.  When she needed to imprint a permanent mark into her works of art she called the experts on direct part marking at Durable Technologies.

Hand stamping metal is a fairly simple process that can create stunning results. This helps to explain why hand stamping metal jewelry and other pieces of art is becoming more and more popular.

Sharrow Lifting Products manufactures and sells a full line of lifting slings, rigging equipment, tie-down equipment, and other specialty lifting devices. They need a rugged direct part marking method to permanently imprint a model number and other part identification information on the metal components of their products. When their old hand stamps started to chip and pieces were flying off the stamp when hit they knew they needed to find a better solution fast.

Thad Miller, Sharrow Lifting Products Safety Director, recently ordered a Durable Technologies  number set of 3/8" hevi-bevl steel handstamps along with a Safety First handstamp holder. They had some trouble with the first holder chipping (the anvil area that you strike with a hammer) when he was using a hammer from another supplier. Once they started using the Durable Technologies two pound OE hammer all of the problems went away.