What shape should the strike brand utensils be?
The whole brand is not done as a single brand. The design is divided up into many smaller sections no larger than about an inch and a half. These smaller sections may be shaped of course (i.e. arcs instead of lines). It should be noted that a small area of skin is enclosed in branded tissue (for example a small circular outline brand), it will probably die as well and become part of the scar (as it can lose it’s blood supply). How long and hard should does one press the strike brand in? The brand is pressed in long enough to burn through all the surface skin. If this is not achieved the client will be left with a lot of pain and blistering, and then after healing either no scar, or a blotchy mess that barely resembles their design. As far as how long and hard, this really depends on how much the material has been heated. Most important though is that all of the strikes are even in relation to the skin they’re on as this will increase the chances of the brand looking uniform. It should
