How do you sign your projects?

[Cody Colston]

"James Krenov."

That's funny right there.

Actually Krenov "signed" his with a carved JK -(connected).

[Andrew Hughes]

why does a signature make it a work of art; because you say it is ?
ron

Just my opinion,one year I made hard maple cutting boards for Christmas presents, had lots of extra wood and scraps from some office furniture and cabinets I made. so the feed back I got was that no one wanted to use the boards because the were too nice. I knew then I had broke the law of craftsmanship.I might as well signed my name on them.
I don't sign anymore unless asked,I don't take selfie pics or own a selfie stick.

[Larry Edgerton]

If I really like something I will sign my name. If its so-so I sign Kent Bathurst.

[John A langley]

Larry very good though,I will stop using your name will start using Kent

[Ole Anderson]

I "sign" everyone of my projects. My mistakes are very personalized and I can always pick out my work by my goofs not by my name being on them...

[Jesse Busenitz]

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I had a custom branding iron made.... I don't use it on every project, but a lot of them. Some things just don't work.

[Alan Lightstone]

Custom branding iron, though I definitely think I'm going to start embedding the pennies. I figure if I can find a 1919 penny, the piece becomes instantly a classic worth megabucks.

[Rick Potter]

I use the penny method also. My work is all for family members or friends, and I usually write on a hidden place who made it, and for whom, and the penny dates it.

If you have to pay extra to have it signed, then it becomes 'art'.

[Martin Wasner]

How do you sign your projects?

With a bill.

[Phil Mueller]

Love the Penny idea...thanks!

[Robert Payne]

I had these made by a fellow woodworker who is also a photo engraver -- he used left over sections of photosensitive engraving plates and etched the design; I spray painted them and then sanded them with wet/dry sandpaper. I use a 1-1/4" Forstner bit to embed them in epoxy and then spray with clear polyurethane.

[Larry Edgerton]

Larry very good though,I will stop using your name will start using Kent

This is good.

As historians look into woodworking in the twenty first century 100 years from now they will be amazed by the range of woodworking accomplished by this mysterious individual from Georgia who's work included all different kinds of styles and was spread over the whole continent. Books will be written on the Kent Bathurst style, classes will be taught on how to replicate his diverse collection of work, and fakes will be built to sell at auctions to capitalize on his belated fame.

Larry

[John A langley]

Coffee all over the iPad

[Wade Lippman]

I know what I made and no one else cares; hadn't even thought of signing anything.

[Brian Henderson]

I don't sign a thing and don't care. An overactive ego is the enemy.