Members SUP Posted January 22 Members Report Posted January 22 It's cold in our area today. Cold enough that USPS says they cannot deliver due to dangerous weather conditions! So stuck at home but happy as, as I heard them say in Idaho, 'a pig in muck'. I love that phrase. So eloquent! Happy because I found a set of old hand made stamps - all carved onto nails of different sizes, including one that I cannot decide whether it is a coyote or a dog. In Evaporust right now. I'll put up pics as soon as I get them clean. really do not care whether they are old or vintage or from last year. Their value is in the fact that they are all hand-made. Someone made them, used them and took care of them and now I will do the same. Quote
Members dikman Posted January 22 Members Report Posted January 22 Cool, I'm looking forward to seeing them. Quote
Members SUP Posted January 22 Author Members Report Posted January 22 (edited) Here they are. The stand was included with them. This will go over several posts. Huh? Not getting uploaded, for some reason. Will try a while later. Edited January 22 by SUP Quote
Members SUP Posted January 22 Author Members Report Posted January 22 Up close, the animal is even more appealing. Coyote perhaps? Quote
Northmount Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 2 hours ago, SUP said: Up close, the animal is even more appealing. Coyote perhaps? My first impression was a wolf. Don't know how I arrived at that! Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted January 23 Contributing Member Report Posted January 23 I was thinking; fox Quote
Northmount Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 49 minutes ago, fredk said: I was thinking; fox Always ears up like the stamp Quote
Members Brokenolmarine Posted January 23 Members Report Posted January 23 That's awesome. If you can't find, or afford, what you need, make it. Someone did. Great find... I'll bet the person made a LOT of things with those and loved them. Quote
Members dikman Posted January 23 Members Report Posted January 23 Nice! There's some useful looking stamps there. Quote
Members Dwight Posted January 23 Members Report Posted January 23 As a young teenager . . . my boy scout leader . . . Ellsworth Lynn Beach . . . taught us to do the same thing. He made his own leather stamps out of I believe 20 penny nails . . . they were big ones for sure. May God bless, Dwight Quote
Members SUP Posted January 23 Author Members Report Posted January 23 10 hours ago, fredk said: I was thinking; fox 9 hours ago, Northmount said: Always ears up like the stamp Fox it is then. I like how the person who made the stamp did not try to make the face symmetrical - gives it a charming, quizzical look. 8 hours ago, Brokenolmarine said: That's awesome. If you can't find, or afford, what you need, make it. I know! Isn't it wonderful? I'm envious. To have the ability as well as the talent to make the stamps so well. They are really well made and the impressions are sharp and clear. 5 hours ago, dikman said: Nice! There's some useful looking stamps there. Yes there are. A couple of unusual ones too, at least to me. I can't wait to use them... once it is less cold and I do not mind wet hands. Right now, I am busy shivering! 4 hours ago, Dwight said: He made his own leather stamps out of I believe 20 penny nails . . . they were big ones for sure. Probably something similar. There are some large ones in this lot but some small ones too. I put the rubber bands to prevent them disappearing in that stand. On the large ones, to protect the carved ends when they are on the nail side. Those are really impressive - small and so well carved. Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted January 23 Contributing Member Report Posted January 23 Whist browsing the Royal Armouries website I spotted this book. So it could be a wolf It is what you want it to be I have no experience of coyotes. I don't know what they look like. I've only seen one on 'Road Runner' cartoons! Quote
toxo Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 17 hours ago, SUP said: really do not care whether they are old or vintage or from last year. Their value is in the fact that they are all hand-made. Someone made them, used them and took care of them and now I will do the same. That right there Sup is the ethos of this hobby. Hope you get lots of use out of em. Good find. Quote
Members SUP Posted January 23 Author Members Report Posted January 23 @toxo, Thank you. I plan to use them as much as possible. Maybe somewhere on the way, I will become reasonably good at tooling. Quote
Members SUP Posted January 23 Author Members Report Posted January 23 (edited) @fredk, Yes it could really be any type of canine species, isn't it? And, in spite of living in the US, I have not seem coyotes either. Like you, only from those cartoons. When I first saw road-runners though, I was so disappointed! Edited January 23 by SUP Quote
Members jrdunn Posted January 23 Members Report Posted January 23 3 hours ago, SUP said: @fredk, Yes it could really be any type of canine species, isn't it? And, in spite of living in the US, I have not seem coyotes either. Like you, only from those cartoons. When I first saw road-runners though, I was so disappointed! Not me. I love them! We have several around here and I especially like their twilight/night calls. Roadrunners, I mean. JM2C Quote
Members SUP Posted January 24 Author Members Report Posted January 24 @jrdunn You have seen the real ones. I grew up only knowing about them from the cartoons. So naturally, the real ones were different. Just saw them a couple of times while driving across the country. I'm sure they are as appealing as you say they are. Quote
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