Peened out embossing

[RED Matthews]

Also Welcome back Red, hope your feeling up to the forum. I missed having you around.

Hi again guys, I am still in therapy and will be slowed down for a while. I am able to read over a lot of your posts, and will do my best with any questions I can help with. RED Matthews

 

[surfaceone]

Hey RED,

Speaking of whom amongst us might know, and The Man himself checks in...

Could you please speak to the "peened out embossing" process. Is there a better or preferred description for the reworking of the lettering on a mould?

How were the moulds filled and then recut? Was there hammer peening involved in the process, if so, how was it done?

Hope you are feeling better and stronger by the day. Have you any cute therapists besides your bride helping you?

 

[mf150]

received my "peened-out" light cobalt empire sodaworks a coupel days ago. Let me know what you think

 

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Close ups of peening

 

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another closeup

 

[JOETHECROW]

I'm not sure either, but if the embossing was shallow enough, and the metal soft enough, seems as though one could peen out the letters enough to mostly oliberate the offending words, numbers, letters or name...at least thats how I've always envisioned it done.

Welcome to the bottle forum Roger!

Nice bottle Matt!

 

[AntiqueMeds]

I'm not sure either, but if the embossing was shallow enough, and the metal soft enough, seems as though one could peen out the letters enough to mostly oliberate the offending words, numbers, letters or name...at least thats how I've always envisioned it done.

if you do that you end up with a raised area around the embossing (which you do see on some modified bottles).
I think there were a number of ways embossing was changed not just one method.

 

[cowseatmaize]

ORIGINAL: AntiqueMeds

I'm not sure either, but if the embossing was shallow enough, and the metal soft enough, seems as though one could peen out the letters enough to mostly oliberate the offending words, numbers, letters or name...at least thats how I've always envisioned it done.

if you do that you end up with a raised area around the embossing (which you do see on some modified bottles).
I think there were a number of ways embossing was changed not just one method.

I agree.
A deeper cut would be hard to not leave a large raised area where the letter were by simple peening. It's a matter of displacement.
In theory you could hammer the mold from the outside on an anvil or something. That would move the metal to the letters and fill the space. I'm not sure that's practical.
You could grind the letters out and fill with a blank which could be smoothed easy enough I suppose but would still be filling. That was maybe done on later bottles.
No matter how it was done cost would be the first though. I'm sure it had to be cheaper and easier than making a new mold.
I wish I was there.[]

 

[AntiqueMeds]

you probably wouldnt want to beat on cast iron molds too hard or you'd end up shattering them.

 

[JOETHECROW]

Great thoughts on an interesting topic....Thanks guys.