Subject: Trademarks, Signatures, Chops, or Stamps

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 02:05:53 -0500

I am not sure exactly what they are called but I am starting to document the
signatures and hopfully short a short biography of various metal artists.  If
you sign your work then I would like a sample of the signature and a short
biography of when you started, where you started, who you worked for etc.
etc. etc.  Any feedback is welcome.

Thanks
Chuck Simonian
2023 West Tulare Avenue
Tulare, CA 93274

Phone (209) 688-4766
Fax     (209) 684-1979

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From: [email-masked] (James Batson)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 07:23:39 -0500

>etc. etc.  Any feedback is welcome.

Chuck, a few years back, Dr. Mike Shaffer of the Tully Smith Backsmith
Guild in Atlanta, GA published a list of Blacksmiths and their marks.  He
did not list a bio as you intend to do.

Jim Batson

Bladesmith & Bowie Historian