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Amazing Stencil Resource

5/10/2017

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     If you make Civil War camp items, you're familiar with the often tedious process of cutting stencils by hand.  That is, assuming you can find a stencil to reproduce or cut out to begin with.  The hard tack stencils easily take me 1-2 hours or a couple episodes of some Ken Burn's Civil War.  The smaller ones I can print in card stock which cuts easier and lasts longer.  The big ones are done on large format printer paper and if I'm lucky I get two uses out of them.  I tried calling all the print shops all over my local area and the only one who even considered making reusable stencils for me...no lie...wanted to charge $500 for these two stencils!  Disheartened, I went back to doing it the old way for several more months.  Then, one day, I had an epiphany: check out Etsy!  Going over a few listings I found Stencil Revolution.  I emailed them my files and I got a very friendly response right away.  We emailed over a couple of days due to the time difference of Eastern and Pacific time and with shipping, they only cost about $50!  I got them in the mail today and they are so much more crisp than anything I could do with an Xacto plus with them being made out of heavy duty material, are easily washable, and infinitely reusable.  On top of all of that I got them in less than a week!  I'll be having them make up a stencil for my new Sharps ammo box design here shortly.  If you're looking for your own reusable stencils, I highly recommend Stencil Revolution.  Click the link to visit their website.
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    2nd USSS, Co. D

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