Hi all,
I'm new to this site, having found it on Google. A long time ago ~ 40 years or so I had an Elderly lady teach me how to tool leather. Often I wondered why an elderly
lady would teach ME how to tool leather. Well my mom used to teach Artex (out of business a long time ago) painting technique at the local senior citizens center (on a
volunteer basis) (I used to accompany her to the senior citizens center). I think thats where I gained an intertest. An elderly person passing on a craft non absorbed by
elderly people. (like really how many years do they have left) but non the less... a nobel cause. Now that I'm over 50 I now realize what (40 years later) I could of
learned from these seasoned citizens. Isn't that how it goes. My grandmother had a sister that who lived in Scottsdale...married to a retired Navy photographer who
was 1/2 Hopi native Indian. He had a collection of Kachina dolls that even I as a 9 yr old was impressed with. Well this was back in the late 60's. Forward to now....
I was going through some old boxes of stuf and I found my old leather tools, which look like new. I have 2 ruby tipped carving knives. One angled and one straight which
I remember carved in leather like a hot knife through butter. I searched on the internet and could find no reference to ruby tipped carving knives. Are they still out there.
Are they old school. I would like to find out if they are really worth anything...essentially not for the $'s, but if this is something that has been passed by as they seem to not
be made anymore. Just curious I guess. I'm just a EE who works for an Aerospace Company revisiting the past.
