Originally Posted by
jPrichard10
I have seen some talk in the Framebuilder's forum about making your own headbadges, and I found this fellow online that recreated a Trek headbadge (out of stainless steel) for a restoration using electrolytic etching:
https://images.app.goo.gl/ZHPbXyyB2eUBpY6f8
Whole it seems like I totally
could make a repro Trek headbadge for my frames that are lacking, I know that I won't ever find the time to actually do it. But if I did, it seems like it would make sense to make five or six at a time from a single sheet of brass.
And if I could do it, then it seems like someone else could do it and sell these, similar to repro decals.
And maybe it wouldn't be economically feasible, but buying old headbadges for my three Trek frames gets costly.
Has anyone made a repro headbadges for their bike, and has anyone ever tried selling them as a failed business venture?
It is hard to imagine that custom reproduction head badges would be cheaper than buying old ones -- and you don't want to do that, so....
Just visit your local co-op and see if they have any weird or interesting head badges on frames destined for recycling that you could get for free or for low $$ -- that's what I did for an older Paramount -- it keeps folks guessing, and is fun!
