Steve; Sure enough. . . if you stamp a forged carbon steel iron, you will crack the chrome plating where you hammer the stamp into the head and it will slowly begin to rust around the edges of each letter or number you stamp. You of course can live with the rust and clean it off as it forms, or you could have the heads re chromed. BTW, when the chrome cracks, it also has a tendency to peel slightly so you’ll probably lose some plating coverage for a few millimeters around the letter or number stamp.
TOM From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Longeway Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 1:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: ShopTalk: Stamping Irons Has anyone had good luck stamping forged irons? I have a set of Miuras going in for loft lie check and I was going to whack and paint fill some initials into them before they go, but wanted to get some advice from here before I went too wild. Any input you all have would be great. Thanks! Steve
