You need to get someone with a CNC plasma or water jet machine and cut
it out of 3/8 or 1/2" steel and have a line across the back welding all
to it and a handle on the line.
However:
That is small - 1/16 x 1/2 - that could be custom ground.
Larger and thicker ones. This is a small hand one - suggest making a
form with the letters pressed in using letter type or rubber letters
into a casement material - and pour metal into the design... Making a
head to a handle.

Not a easy task, but possible.

Martin

On 3/12/2015 8:26 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
I want to make a small branding iron to mark my bee hives , and am looking
for suggestions for what /how to do that . I was thinking about using
something like 1/16 x 1/2 inch iron , but am unsure whether to heat and bend
to shape or to weld small strips . There will be at least one shape that
must be bent , the number 2 . I have a logo designed , consists of a nested
A and W , with a 1 & a 2 in the vees of the W for "The 12 Acre Wood" . It's
been suggested to bend it up from heavy wire , but I'm not sure that'll be
rigid enough to get a uniform imprint on the flat wood surfaces . Any
alternative suggestions ?