![]() ![]() The last step is to ship it off to you, complete with a gift box for giving or keeping. This makes our mixed metal dog id tags durable and safe to ensure that your dog tag art will last for years to come. For our traditional hanging dog tags, we attach a USA-made, heavy-duty, zinc-plated stainless steel split ring to attach to your dog’s collar. After tumbling, we darken the tags to add contrast before they go through a final polishing by hand. The dog tags go through a round of polishing in a tumbler. After soldering and cooling, they make their way over to the drill press where we add a hole for the split ring to go in later. This part is the most exciting! We love the way fire can join together two pieces of metal, creating a thick, sturdy piece of dog tag art. Next, the pieces of our metal dog tags are soldered together using an oxygen and acetylene-fueled torch. ![]() The spacing of the letters is artistically executed, ensuring that your handmade dog tag isn’t mistaken for a robot-produced dog name tag. Every letter and number is stamped individually by hand, creating a unique, one-of-a-kind artisan dog name tag. The hand-stamping process is what differentiates our handmade dog tag method from machined dog tags or engraved dog name tags and engraved dog tags. This step is our favorite because it’s where the piece of metal becomes your dog’s tag! We place the metal pieces on a steel bench block and use an antique hammer to hand-stamp your dog’s name and phone number (and any other information you like) on the dog tag. We’ll do the final polish later, but we sand it down first to make sure we have an even, flat surface for the next step. We remove any metal burrs or rough edges with a belt sander. We cut the metal pieces of each handcrafted dog tag using a disc cutter, a pancake die with a hydraulic press, or by hand using a jeweler’s saw. We start with thick sheets of metal, including copper, brass, aluminum, nickel silver, and sterling silver. ![]() We make these unique dog name tags by hand from start to finish. Hattie Rex Pet ID Tags are personalized by you and handmade by our three talented metalsmiths / dog tag artists in our downtown Bozeman, Montana studio and retail store. Features two separate dog tags attached to the same large split ringĬustom Dog Tags - How we make our hand stamped dog tags.Each letter and number is individually stamped by hand with an antique hammer. ![]() Sample tag features the "small caps" font.One day, Sarge just couldn't take it anymore and he made a brake for it out the back door. This terrible machine of noise and static makes his fur stand straight up as it chases him relentlessly around the house. PO Box, APO/FPO, Afghanistan, Africa, Alaska/Hawaii, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, China, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Micronesia, Mongolia, Montserrat, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, South America, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.Sarge is very brave, with one exception - the vacuum cleaner. ![]()
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