stamping-cover

Commenting in the book on stamping tools Tom says: “The tool needs to look and feel sturdy,” says Tom Ralston of Tom Ralston Concrete, Santa Cruz, Calif. And the only way you can determine that is by touching and feeling the tool. He pays special attention to the handles and how they are molded into the tool itself. “The handles need to be thick and made from sturdy nylon,” he says.