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After finding the amazing, little Uni travel red stamp pad, I started nosing around a bit more looking for more information about Asian seals and chops. In China, stamps of all sorts were used to mark documents official, especially if they had to do with paying taxes or to validate a document like a signature. These sorts of stamps are also used for art and printmaking and in Asian calligraphy. There’s some decent informatio on wikipedia if you’re curious. Once I started thinking about the stamps and seals, I remembered that I had other stamps and another stamp pad. Both of my other chops were gifts from China from friends and family carved into marble (notice they are both supposed to be my name but use completely different characters?). I also discovered that I had another stamp pad that came in a ceramic dish. The stamp ink turned out to be more of a paste and created a wonderful, deep rich red color. I tested both the paste and the Uni travel pad with all of my chops as well as a rubber stamp, just to see how they performed. I prefer the color of the paste as it is so vivid but the container was designed to accommodate the size of a chop and nothing more. The paste was also not designed to travel as the lid just sits on top of it. The Uni travel pad is slightly convex so you can tap along the surface of the pad so you are not limited in the size of stamp you can use. I was able to Google “red paste calligraphy” or “seal paste red” and find a variety of options under $5. Some of them were called “Yinni” so if you are curious about this, that might be a good place to start. So, for travel, find a Uni or other stamp pad that can be sealed tightly. For sheer color, find a more paste-like “pad”. Original Article

After finding the amazing, little Uni travel red stamp pad, I started nosing around a bit more looking for more information about Asian seals and chops. In China, stamps of all sorts were used to mark documents official, especially if they had to do with paying taxes or to validate a document like a signature. These sorts of stamps are also used for art and printmaking and in Asian calligraphy. There’s some decent informatio on wikipedia if you’re curious.

Once I started thinking about the stamps and seals, I remembered that I had other stamps and another stamp pad. Both of my other chops were gifts from China from friends and family carved into marble (notice they are both supposed to be my name but use completely different characters?). I also discovered that I had another stamp pad that came in a ceramic dish. The stamp ink turned out to be more of a paste and created a wonderful, deep rich red color. I tested both the paste and the Uni travel pad with all of my chops as well as a rubber stamp, just to see how they performed. I prefer the color of the paste as it is so vivid but the container was designed to accommodate the size of a chop and nothing more. The paste was also not designed to travel as the lid just sits on top of it. The Uni travel pad is slightly convex so you can tap along the surface of the pad so you are not limited in the size of stamp you can use.

I was able to Google “red paste calligraphy” or “seal paste red” and find a variety of options under $5. Some of them were called “Yinni” so if you are curious about this, that might be a good place to start. So, for travel, find a Uni or other stamp pad that can be sealed tightly. For sheer color, find a more paste-like “pad”.

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My absolute favorite find while traveling in Asia was this Uni Mitsubishi Stamp Pad (HSN-S30K) in red and a custom made chop from Stanley Market with my name carved into the bottom. The stamp pad was purchased at CN Square in Hong Kong for $36HK (a little more than $5US) while I paid about $10US for the small wood stamp (extortionate but I wasn’t in the mood to haggle with the vendor as it was the coolest one I had found). While I could not read the box that the stamp pad came in, its a little puffy round pad perfect for registered seal frequently used in Asian cultures. It was the only one left in the store or I would have bought out the stock. It snaps shut tightly so its perfect for on-the-go stamping and the ink dries quickly. Of course, I’ve used it with the  little chop I’ve bought. I’m horrified what I’ll do when it dries out as I have no way to find a new one. Anyone know were I might find more? Original Article

My absolute favorite find while traveling in Asia was this Uni Mitsubishi Stamp Pad (HSN-S30K) in red and a custom made chop from Stanley Market with my name carved into the bottom.

The stamp pad was purchased at CN Square in Hong Kong for $36HK (a little more than $5US) while I paid about $10US for the small wood stamp (extortionate but I wasn’t in the mood to haggle with the vendor as it was the coolest one I had found).

While I could not read the box that the stamp pad came in, its a little puffy round pad perfect for registered seal frequently used in Asian cultures. It was the only one left in the store or I would have bought out the stock. It snaps shut tightly so its perfect for on-the-go stamping and the ink dries quickly. Of course, I’ve used it with the  little chop I’ve bought. I’m horrified what I’ll do when it dries out as I have no way to find a new one. Anyone know were I might find more?

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Dot dot dot

Pencil erasers don’t usually erase worth a damn so why not make them useful in other ways like making fun dotty art with a rainbow stamp pad! Use them to color code files or decorate a letter, note or package. Fun, cheap and easy!

(via Li’l Magoolie)

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Custom calligraphic return address stamps from Primele. Prices start at $43 for just a name and up to $62 for flourished return address stamp. (via The Social Secretary)

Custom calligraphic return address stamps from Primele. Prices start at $43 for just a name and up to $62 for flourished return address stamp.

(via The Social Secretary)

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