which size postage stamps to use?

[Dave D]

I have made a few pens like the ones Penn State shows in the You Tube video. I used square stamps because they seemed to fit the wooden tube better. Has anyone used the rectangle shaped stamps? I tried a few and they seem to leave a lot of the pen blank not covered. Is there a technique that I am missing?
Thanks.
Dave

 

[plantman]

I have made a few pens like the ones Penn State shows in the You Tube video. I used square stamps because they seemed to fit the wooden tube better. Has anyone used the rectangle shaped stamps? I tried a few and they seem to leave a lot of the pen blank not covered. Is there a technique that I am missing?
Thanks.
Dave

Dave; Try putting them at a 45 degree angle. Jim S

 

[Jim Burr]

+1 ^. Change them around to different angles to break up the blah of everything being the same.

 

[Dave D]

I have made a few pens like the ones Penn State shows in the You Tube video. I used square stamps because they seemed to fit the wooden tube better. Has anyone used the rectangle shaped stamps? I tried a few and they seem to leave a lot of the pen blank not covered. Is there a technique that I am missing?
Thanks.
Dave

Dave; Try putting them at a 45 degree angle. Jim S

I did that, just like the video showed. It looks great with square stamps, but I found that oblong stamps don't cover as well. I would love to see a photo of a pen made using oblong stamps.
DAve

 

[Glenn McCullough]

check out this link, just posted.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f13/desert-sheild-desert-storm-pen-112884/