Looking for wood burning kit to label bowls

[Bill Jobe]

Could someone suggest a good set of wood burning stamps to label bowls on the bottom.
I'd like to find one that I can stamp the date in large letters in the middle and to and from names above and below date.

What's a good choice?

[Perry Hilbert Jr]

You seem to be looking more for a brand with changeable date characters. I imagine that will be quite a pile of green. Most area turners label with name or initials, species of wood and date made. What you desire makes sense. Might be pretty big though.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

The custom ones are not cheap. https://brandingirons.com/products/custom-branding-irons An electric on runs over $500. Lee valley offers a simple one at a more reasonable price. http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=32190&cat=1,43456,43462,32190 They also have a non-electric http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=32191&cat=1,43456,43462

By the way, I first read your post to say "bowels" instead of "bowls." I thought, "gee, that's going to hurt!"

[Lee DeRaud]

I've been using this for 13 years now: https://www.ulsinc.com/products/platforms/vls2-30
:)

[Doug W Swanson]

https://wolverinewoodcraft.com/collections/all

This guy does great work from what I've seen. Around $200 for a custom iron....

[Ted Calver]

These look nice. Jason does meticulous work.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Beamerweb

[Yonak Hawkins]

Here's another place you can try. They've made a couple of irons for me.

Brand New (https://www.brandnew.net/estore/shopdisplaycategories.asp?id=3&cat=Custom+Irons)

[Bill Jobe]

Thank you, Yonak. And thank you all for responding.

[Thomas Heck]

I bought a branding iron that works great, but only if the bottom is perfectly flat. I rarely use it anymore. I use a Dremel engraver, it cost a lot less than the iron. You can write whatever you need on the bowl. Then, I put Valspar antiquing wax in the engraving to make it stand out. 382337

[William C Rogers]

I only use a branding iron for flat work. I always sign my name (not initials) for turning work. I use either a Dremel and then fill with a lacquer stick or a woodburner. to use the Dremel and fill the wood needs to be sealed so the lacquer sticks doesn't fill the wood pores.