Hanko - Home and Away

I thought I would share a couple of recent stamps we produced, one for a UK client and one for a US client.

The larger certificate stamp on the left is for a UK group - Traditional Karate UK.
We managed to import an identical font into our graphics package so we could reproduce the English script as it is in their original artwork but have a far better quality crisper image than using the original artwork supplied by the client.

The traditional hanko on the right is for a US group - Hakkoryu nintai dojo.
They are a jujutsu dojo based in Woodlands, Texas.

If you have a project in mind just drop us an E Mail to sotosabisu@btinternet.com
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Nadudakake for Applied Karate

We recently completed a project for Applied Karate, a gift for one of their Instructors.
The nafuda are made from Canadian hard maple which is a strong contrast to the black kake.

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Hanko and Inkan for Cornwall karate

I thought I would share with you the graphic design and finished stamps for Cornwall karate.

We first produced some designs for the client to refine / select options and from this we worked through to the final designs for the stamps they ordered.

Above was the finished stamps prior to dispatch.
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Nafudakake for HSKC

Recently we were asked by Haxby Shotokan Karate Club to produce two Nafudakake for club instructors in recognition of the many hours dedicated to the club and its members.

They wanted to incorporate the Association, club and their instructors rank and name. HSKC asked that the nafuda were made from sapele and maple hardwoods and the JKS kanji used are from a graphic supplied by the association.

If you are thinking about commissioning a nafudanake please remember that our nafudakake are all custom made and take 4 to 6 weeks to produce.

If you would like to make an Enquiry just send an E mail to sotosabisu@btinternet.com with some outline details of your requirements. Current costings can be found in the relevant shop page please click on the button below to view.

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White Tiger Hanko

We have recently completed a Hanko for Byakko Shotokan Karate Association and thought you might like to see how the graphics for the Hanko were built up into the final design prior to manufacture.

If you have a project in mind do not hesitate to drop us a mail to sotosabisu@btinternet.com, below is a table of our standard range, but we are always happy to accommodate custom requests.

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Tensho font Hanko

*** Update - From May 2022 We now have access to a seal font ***

Unfortunately we do not have Tensho font which is sometimes called seal script. I have searched the internet for a few years and always drawn a blank. As far as I am aware it is only available in Japan and can only be purchased via a Japanese bank account.
A few years ago we produced a couple of Hanko where the client had sourced the images from a third party, we transpose the image into a format that we could produce a Hanko from.
Unfortunately our client had lost one of them but we managed to reproduce it from our records and attach a 25% discount because there was not so much work for us to do.

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Jpeg to Vector Image

We recently worked with Senjokai Karate Academyt to re-work their logo into a vector image. Below is the end result.

Our finished vector image

The original was a low resolution jpeg image which if enlarger pixelates, even at full size the image is not crisp and does not represent the club in the best light.

Jpeg Original

You can see from the close up of the vector image that there is no loss of quality when an image is increased. Even if increased to the size of a building no quality would be lost.

Vector close up

The original image was traced and within our software the cure / shapes are saved as curves not pixels like in a camera image. We took the original kanji and replaced it with our stock block font, again as a vector image.

If you are interested in commissioning a vector image logo just drop us a E Mail to sotosabisu@btinternet.com

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