Letter punches

[Charles Castle]

I am making some thin bookmarks and want to put my name on them. Carving would be slow and difficult because the letters need to be fairly small and I would have to buy several small gouges to do it the way I want. As you all know, these are also very difficult to sharpen. It has also been suggested to me that I use letter punches. Does anyone know of a source for different styles and types of letter punches?
Charles Castle

[S Hayward]

Hi Charles
Have you checked out suppliers of leatherworking gear? Leatherworkers tend to use quite an array of punches including lettering. Otherwise, an engineering supplies like Blackwoods may be helpfull though I doubt they will have many styles.
Good luck.
Shaun.

[Charles Castle]

Dear Shaun,
Thanks for the tip. I have bben able to find a number of letter punches in leatherwork stores. None are quite right so I am going to use an engraving tool I forget I had. It is something like a Dremel.
Thanks again for your help.
Charles.