Custom designs are any design that is other than a single standard character such as A,B,C,1,2,3. All Freeze brands are made of solid brass designed for freeze branding. Please note that the material used in our freeze brand is not designed to withstand the heat required to "HOT" brand an animal. If you require both a Freeze brand as well as a Hot brand, you have the option to purchase one of each or you can use a Stainless Steel brand to accomplish both types of branding.
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Very responsive. I ordered my brand the wrong size. They took the time to call me and educate me on correct sizing. They could have easily just sent what I ordered which would have been wrong then charged for another one. Instead they helped me design the correct brand I would be happy with. Highly recommend this outfit.
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The number of characters in a brand is determined by how you would describe the brand. For example: Bar 7B would be 3 characters, if the characters blend into each other such as the 7 and the B using the same vertical line, that is still considered a 3 character branding iron.
The size of a brand can be determined in one of 2 ways.
For example: Brand design of Bar over 7B
Overall Height - you would describe the brand as 4" overall height, that would then make the characters "7B" 3" tall adding the "bar" to make a total brand height of 4".
So you can see that by this example, if you simply say that you want a 4" brand, you could possibly get either a 4" total height brand or a 5" total height brand.
It is very important to communicate this in the fashion that you would like to have your brand made. If you do not specify either "per character" or "overall", we will default to "per character" and this might not fit your needs. As the type of animal, the age of the animal, the brand location and the brand design have an effect on what size of brand you should choose, please be careful when choosing a size, there is no "normal", "average" or "standard" brand size, all the factors above should be considered. If you would like help to determine the size that will best fit your needs, please contact us with your brand information at sales@lhbrandingirons.com.
