One heck of a great idea here Creighton and thanks very much for your offer to get the ball rolling on this one.I`m sure alot of the Dyna owner VDF members would be most interested in getting their Dyna head stamped to go along with those nice hang tags.That would pretty much make their Dynas complete and donations to the VDF is perfect.And a special thanks to Martin in Germany for offering the hi-res pic of his original stamp as without it this wouldn`t happen.

Wayne

Wayne,

Thanks for the kind words. I don't own a Dyna and doubt I ever will. Have traded emails with the gentlemen in Germany. Just happy to help out.

Should have something you folks can use in a month or so, I know that sucks but best I can do.

Creighton

I'm totally on board with this! My NOS Rogers coated Diplomat now has reason to come out of its box! Keep us informed when available!

-Mark

Hi Creighton......... very generous offer!! These stamps will be the icing on the cake with the tags. Thanks for doing these. Glenn.

As a collector, I don't have a problem with making reproduction stamps. However, I would hope the stamps be made with a distinguishing feature that differs from the original. Unfortunately there are unscrupulous folks out there that would try to pass off a new stamp as original, which would make the few originals around suspect.

It would be very easy to stamp a head and make it appear original. One of the reasons I bought the silver sparkle dyna below, was because it had original heads, and especially because the batter was stamped with instructions (along with the drums overall condition).

Just my two cents.

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Powertone very valid points. When I did the Dyna tags this was also a topic that came up. I chose to do a "faithful" recreation close to original specs as possible. Differences in the tag hole reinforcement itself a one small detail I added while printing allows me to spot mine from anything else new or original. Stamps however are a different story. Making them a tad larger or smaller font wise should take care of that. But again that's for Creighton to decide.

Yep,

Powertone address the crux of the problem. Have many folks that would just like all the details back to the day the drum left the factory. I try and do this whenever possible. Think it is part of our stewardship of vintage gear. This history is going away fast. Not original but correct.

On to fakes being created. I can add Reproduction no problem. Or whatever is seen as the best route.

Will submit:

Would not be an easy task to create a vintage correct Dyna batter head. Sadly with crappy pictures offered on auctions these days can see how it could be an issue.

So, Just going to let this thread ride until I return home. Idea's and suggestions welcome.

Creighton

Have given this a ponder. Sorry there will be no Rogers Instruction Head stamp produced. Regret I just don't don't have time to muddle through the BS that is required.

Best regards,

Creighton

Creighton,i still think this is a great idea and can well understand your thoughts on forseen problems encountered in bringing this idea to life,and the same problems cropped up with the hang tags that Glenn and John did but they happened.Somehow, someway, there is always a way to make things happen.Not trying to talk you into anything here but please do give it more thought. I think a lot of members here will be behind you with support.

Wayne