Craftsman "Long C/Underline" Logo

[James_B]

I'm looking for a good photograph of a Craftsman "Long C/Underline" logo so I can complete a project I'm doing for myself.

I've made these 3 for my glassware collection, and I need to do a Long C/Underline version to complete the set.



Can anybody help?

 

[GIJoe4500]

 

[jakemac]

 

[GCncsuHD]

 

[James_B]

Thanks guys. Those give me something to work from.

 

[lbgradwell]

Another...

 

[James_B]

Here's what I've ended up with:

 

[lbgradwell]

Looks great!

 

[-Brent-]

Awesome.

I love the Garage Journal. In a little more than a half hour James had a ton of examples to choose from. Very cool.

 

[James_B]

And a Sears Craftsman instead of the modern "Craftsman in a box":

 

[James_B]

I'll burn some glassware this afternoon and see how they look.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Seriously?? I think you are working on this project just to show off

 

[Mopar-Scooby-Doo]

Those are really nice. Great job. How do you make them?

 

[Stuart in MN]

I think your next project should be the old Plvmb / Proto logos.

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[nine4gmc]

Hope you have operators on stand by to take calls on all the orders you're about to receive

 

[zkling]

Since we are on the topic, does anyone have a good close up image scan of this one?

 

[zcbauer89]

Those are amazing! Very nice work! I'm looking forward to seeing the completed set!

 

[James_B]

The Long C logo is proving to be a bit of a challenge to etch.

The unetched text and lines are disappearing into the etched area in the surrounding part of the shield. The text and lines are really crisp and sharp under a magnifying glass, but to the naked eye they just vanish.

I've done a test print with the text lines and shield reversed in colour and this resilts in a reversed etch, and it seems to work better, but I'm not happy with either result.



Time for a bit of a rethink.

 

[jjjrmx5]

The Long C logo is proving to be a bit of a challenge to etch.

The unetched text and lines are disappearing into the etched area in the surrounding part of the shield. The text and lines are really crisp and sharp under a magnifying glass, but to the naked eye they just vanish.

I've done a test print with the text lines and shield reversed in colour and this resilts in a reversed etch, and it seems to work better, but I'm not happy with either result.



Time for a bit of a rethink.

Bottom "reversed out" oval if going for clarity.
Top if for style and screaming "Craftsman".



Your call.

 

[n8n]

I'm sure you'll end up with something with which you're happy... looks like you've got a good start.

Would love to have a "vintage logo" set of glasses but I think it would be cooler to pick an era and then have one Craftsman, one Snappy, Williams, Bonney, Proto, Sherman-Klove, etc... probably have some copyright issues if you went to sell them though

 

[GCncsuHD]

Bottom "reversed out" oval if going for clarity.
Top if for style and screaming "Craftsman".



Your call.

This. I would stick with the top style, I would even consider getting rid of the "Guaranteed highest quality" wording and just have a solid oval with the lines.

 

[James_B]

I'm going to try "fattening up" the text and lines, and see how that goes.

 

[James_B]

Nailed it. Just took a bit of fattening up of the text and lines.



Sears Craftsman:



The choices:

 

[nine4gmc]

Nasty

 

[metaldad]

soooooooooooo.............. are they for sale?

 

[Outlawmws]

VERY nice! Outlaw rates this thread 5 stars!

 

[zcbauer89]

Those are really cool! Favorite thread here in awhile!!!

 

[oldldh]

VERY nice! Outlaw rates this thread 5 stars!

I'm with my young friend...

 

[James_B]

Thanks for your kind words. Drop me a PM if you'd like any more information.

I've still got the 1927 oval Craftsman logo to create, and then the set should be complete.

Just as a teaser, here's what I'm working on at the moment.

It's still got a bit of work to be done, but it's coming along nicely. Needs a white border around the blacksmith and some text on the horizontal bands, a bit of detail editing, and it'll be ready for a test etch. I've also started work on the artwork for Proto.

 

[glenmore]

I volunteer to take the rejects!

 

[thebeekeeper1]

Really nice project--and skillfully done!

 

[James_B]

Finally got one to look reasonable. This one produced the biggest pile of rejects yet in this project. Here's the result of many design tweaks and 6 etch runs.



The photograph doesn't do it justice. I'll need to set up my mini photographic studio to photograph it properly.

 

[jakemac]

You're a very cruel man, teasing and torturing us like this.

 

[Steinmetz]

I'd be careful about offering these for public sale.

Unless you want to receive a cease and desist.

 

[James_B]

I'd be careful about offering these for public sale.

Unless you want to receive a cease and desist.

I am very careful about that. I have offered nothing for public sale that wasn't something for which I held the copyright.

The majority of my work has been done as a commission for the copyright/trade mark owners, a proposal piece to show the copyright/trade mark owners, or as a sample/demonstration piece for my own collection.

Currently this project is nothing more than sample/demonstration pieces for my own collection, and as part of an attempt to get back in the swing of things and re-hone my skills after the LASER engraver had been packed away and unavailable for over a year and a half.

That being said, I have no problems accepting commissioned work on a case by case individual basis.

 

[jeffmoss26]

So cool!!

 

[stage20]

i asked about this in a thread and couldnt find a pic. thanks!

 

[stage20]

awesome work too!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Finally got one to look reasonable. This one produced the biggest pile of rejects yet in this project. Here's the result of many design tweaks and 6 etch runs.



The photograph doesn't do it justice. I'll need to set up my mini photographic studio to photograph it properly.

Wow!! What kind of tools or other things would I be able to possibly "gift" to you in exchange for 6 of these in my mail box??

 

[stage20]

I am very careful about that. I have offered nothing for public sale that wasn't something for which I held the copyright.

The majority of my work has been done as a commission for the copyright/trade mark owners, a proposal piece to show the copyright/trade mark owners, or as a sample/demonstration piece for my own collection.

Currently this project is nothing more than sample/demonstration pieces for my own collection, and as part of an attempt to get back in the swing of things and re-hone my skills after the LASER engraver had been packed away and unavailable for over a year and a half.

That being said, I have no problems accepting commissioned work on a case by case individual basis.

a glass etching lawyer.
well said.
hehe.