Blank sterling silver round discs and stamping

[ellens]

I was wondering if anyone could help me at all? I am hoping to make some stamped discs and hence am after a supplier for the above, think i will need round blank discs (approx 2cm in width) and preferably with a precut hole! Also i would like to stamp these with an informal lettering style, all the ones i have are very standard uppercase fonts (bit dull looking). There are some companies in the US where you can get your own letter stamping set produced, is there such a thing in the UK?

[medusa]

Hi ellens,

I think you can get plain round discs from cooksons, and I know Rashbels sell them. Not seen any with a hole in them but you can easily make your own hole using a steel pin.

The stamps over here are pretty basic. I thin I saw some more fancy ones on a beading forum and there is someone on etsy who sells some. getting your own set made up is pretty pricey. Like £200+

[caroleallen]

I don't know about the letter stamps but you can easily cut your own discs with a disc cutter.

[Dennis]

Rio Grande have silver tags with holes ready made,http://www.riogrande.com/MemberArea/...silver%20disks .
They are a pleasure to deal with and you might also browse their stamps. Dennis.

[medusa]

are rio grande ok for sending stuff to the uk or are they very pricey in terms of postage?

[lilia]

Rio is brilliant sending stuff to the UK. They charge approx $40 to send UPS (takes only approx 2 days!) or something like $38 for USPS (takes about 3 weeks :-( .

[Dennis]

Yes, but unless you are in a tearing hurry, ask them to send by US mail. It takes about two weeks, but is miles cheaper. Yesterday I found by accident that Palmer Metals also have a few dog tags here http://www.palmermetals.co.uk/shop/s...-findings.html . They are near the bottom of the page. Hope this helps, Dennis.

[Dennis]

Are you referrig to the same order lilia? Does not seem right to me. Yesterday I did discover a UK company that had a few dog tags, but on reflection they are too puny for stamping.

My previous post giving a URL for this is awaiting consent by a moderator, but I trust will now be deleted.

[lilia]

HI Dennis, I usually ask them how much it would be to send by UPS and USPS. In the last two orders they quoted me very similar shipping charges (UPS around $40 and USPS around $36-38). With the last order, I asked them to send the package by USPS, as I didn't need it in a hurry and it was a couple of $$ cheaper (and I was secretly hoping it would go through the customs without being noticed). So the package took almost 3 weeks to arrive and it did get caught by the customs :-(.

[lilia]

With the tags, you probably better off buying a disc cutter, as you can stamp out your own discs of various diameters. It doesn't take much time to drill a small hole or you can buy some hole punching pliers - this way you can say that even the tag is handmade :-)