How do you sign your projects?

[Gene Davis]

I just find a spot on the back or bottom, write my name or initials and year in pencil, and carve it quickly with the chisels and gouges I have. Don't go for show, just the mark.

Yesterday I used a sharpie marker, not the tiny tip one, but the bigger cone tipped one. I think I like this better than the pencil method. The big line width from the marker showed me where to cut. I use the awl tip of my marking knife to scrape out the lines after I chisel and gouge.

I thought about learning to letter-carve, but it would require I buy $100 or more in carving tools, so I'll just keep doing what I do with what I have.

[ryan paulsen]

I have a steel branding iron with my initials that is supposed to be used for grilled meat that I want to try.

[Phil Thien]

"James Krenov."

[Ryan Mooney]

I've been trying out india ink with a dip pen and kind of like it once I got over some of the initial the "learning to write" curve

"James Krenov."

[Andrew Hughes]

A craftsman doesn't sign his work unless asked.

[Gene Davis]

I only build for us and family, and my wife insists I sign them all. So I guess I have been asked.

[Prashun Patel]

I use a Dremel engraver or a pin router. I've started signing symbols like Prince instead of a signature.

My inner voice asks me to do it.

[John TenEyck]

A craftsman doesn't sign his work unless asked.

Really? I guess I'm not a craftsman then, because I sign mine, whether asked or not.

John

[Ryan Mooney]

Really? I guess I'm not a craftsman then, because I sign mine, whether asked or not.

John

I'm just planning for later when I can't remember what I've made I can look at them and go "huh, I wonder who that RM guy was that signed all this crap".

[glenn bradley]

"James Krenov."

Coffee on the monitor!!!

Indelible marker (or white paint-pen on dark woods) under the topcoat. Always in an inconspicuous place. If the item is full-show (all sides viewable), I sign inside somewhere. Do what you're comfortable with.

[Yonak Hawkins]

I use a Dremel engraver or a pin router. I've started signing symbols like Prince instead of a signature.

My inner voice asks me to do it.

Yes, I do something similar sometimes. I print out the symbol, temporarily stick it on, and cut through the paper.

[Andrew Hughes]

I'd say your both a craftsman and a Artist craftsman.
I believe once my work is signed it becomes art.

[Lee Schierer]

I have a branding iron with my name and I embed a penny of the current year in a 3/4" dia recess so the date shows on nearly all the things that I make. I've had nothing but positive comments from people receiving the items.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

I find that sharpies bleed with many finishes and with epoxy as well. I sign in pencil and date, and possibly put a message or verse depending on what it is and who it is for. At the workshop where I teach on Saturdays we use a branding iron. I really don't like the branding iron because it isn't very crisp, but I do like that it puts the shop logo on the piece.

[ron david]

I'd say your both a craftsman and a Artist craftsman.
I believe once my work is signed it becomes art.

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