The thought that some sort of sword would make a fun eraser stamp had been bubbling in the background in my brain for awhile. I kept imagining completely different swords. This is the one that materialized when I sat down to draw one up. The tip in the ground and the flower came into the vision pretty early on. In fact, they influenced the final form of this sword.

The blade on the original version was a lot more complicated. It was too odd, and I simplified it to this.

I have had trouble with the silver stamp pad ink not drying very quickly (like for weeks) on some paper. The gold I used for the Star Trek insignia stamp is from the same manufacturer and has the same issue. Those took forever to set on that smooth black stock I used. With the Fabriano print making paper for the sword and flower, it seems to have soaked in enough to no longer transfer or smear.

A stamp hand-carved from a blocky white eraser stands on one of the narrow sides on a background of crinkled dark green paper (momigami) behind two impressions made from it, one in black ink, one in silver ink. The design is a leaf-blade sword with the tip stuck into the ground next to a single flower.
Sword and Flower Hand-Carved Eraser Stamps
A stamp hand-carved from a blocky white eraser lays face-up on a background of crinkled dark green paper (momigami) behind two impressions made from it, one in black ink, one in silver ink. The design is a leaf-blade sword with the tip stuck into the ground next to a single flower.
Sword and Flower Hand-Carved Eraser Stamps
Eraser stamp imprint of a leaf-blade sword with the tip stuck into the ground next to a single flowef in black ink on white paper.
Sword and Flower Eraser Stamp Print

16-second Sword and Flower stamp imprinting video on YouTube.

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