# Nameplates, brass--recommendations?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nameplates-brass-recommendations/747544>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 29, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nameplates-brass-recommendations/747544 "2016-02-29T18:55:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nameplates-brass-recommendations/747544/1 "2016-02-29T18:55:00Z")

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Having recently finished a diorama of a Giant Steam Bison, I’m now working on getting a nameplate made. I’d like the nameplate to be black printing on a brass strip. (Not an engraved nameplate; that’d feel wrong for this particular model.)

I’ve been working with a large-ish online outfit, who did fine on an earlier order, but this time it’s kinda been one little thing after another (credit card confusion; they seem to think my name is Mrs R’s; their first proof used the wrong original; the second they made the wrong proportions). I don’t doubt they’ll produce a fine nameplate in the end, but good grief. ☹

If I could find a company which performs perfectly, I’d switch my business (such as it is) to them.

Have any of you had black-on-brass nameplates printed? Who did you use? Did they do a good job?

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nameplates-brass-recommendations/747544/2 "2016-02-29T20:24:56Z")

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Forum change requested.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nameplates-brass-recommendations/747544/3 "2016-02-29T20:29:52Z")

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**Moderator Action**

Since this is polling for personal experience, let’s move this to IMHO (from GQ).