I like 5 & 8. I'd like 5 better if there weren't the "foot" line on the top of the left half of the V. Then it would look more modern (like 6, but 6 is hard to read as a V & F), which would work for the kind of audience you're going for. 8 is also simple and easy to read, but I prefer 5.

And personally, I like the name Vulcan Forge...considering that it's jewelry, I thought immediately of the Roman god. I'm sure that, thanks to the Internet, creating an original, unclaimed name for your business would be a challenge...so if you do need/decide to change your name, good luck! :)

*note* I'll post a longer reply when I'm not so hungover...heh.

But anyhoo, we've ran into that, we dicussed a name change and all and we've known about the other VF. However, their stuff is ghey. :p Our market is focused on guys...hardly any focus on women. Oh, and my little actually was the first to note the Trekkie connection...yeah...that wasn't what we were going for. He originally wanted to do the Greek name for Vulcan which starts with an "H" but it sounds like a VD...so we're not sure yet. Now, on the subject of the stamp, his jewelry isn't "tiny". With a typical e-ring it's only about 2-3 pennyweights, his run around 7-8. It's hard to explain but he'll have plenty of room :) Today he's actuallly doing a casting (for anyone who knows, it's a lost-wax) on the smallest e-ring he's done. There's a pic of my ring he made me back in the Engagement Ring thread in the D&R forum, it was his 1st.
Arg..I need tylenol..

Hephaestus?

Yeah anything that sounds like fester... or something you wouldn't want your mother to know how you caught it... is a bad idea.