Editor’s Notes:

Wms&Co. sourced this iconic stamp with its pleasingly smooth and weighty brass handle. True to its old school origins, it requires a separate ink pad and manual rotation of the wheels to select the date. Dot, dash, / or a blank space can be placed between the day/month/year.

To accompany, Wms&Co. also offers a small ink pad. Shachihata has been making high quality ink pads in Nagoya, Japan since 1925. This understated pad comes with oil-based black pigment ink, and the surface of the pad is designed to make full contact with a stamp. It produces a sharper and brighter result than a standard ink pad. Fast drying and waterproof. The casing snaps shut to maintain freshness.