[Ansteorra] need doumunation on wood and leather burning

[Haraldr Bassi]

Hell Your Grace,

Bezants could indeed be made by using a soft foil metal and embossing onto a mold. I've
encountered an artisan who was showing exactly that technique at a Pennsic artisan display
several years ago. She was showing the use of a very thin sheet of brass or copper over a
soapstone form. A simple burnisher of a rounded wooden stick is enough to impress the image into
the metal. Once made, a small punch (any sharp point in a handle) is sufficient to make the
small hole to allow it to be sewn to a garment.

I am unsure if I could find the documentation I might have been able to pickup from the artisan
and after the intervening years I am unsure who it was anymore.

Hopefully that will help you in your quest.

Haraldr Bassi, Bjornsborg

willowdewisp at juno.com wrote:
> I have been trying to find out about period use of branding or burning on leather or wood. Do
> any of you have any resources I could look at at? Also do any of you metal or coin crafts
> people know how the decorative "bezants" were made. I don't mean the coin but the thin metal
> things that were to on garments and fabric. I know the simple one could be made with a die
> but the more complex deeper relief look like they might have made with a pressing over a
> mold. what do think? willow ____________________________________________________________ 
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