Cal-Carved Stamping Tools

[davidna]

It would seem you have acquired a very interesting piece of Craftool history as Lou Roth was an inventive man who developed many leather tooling aids for Craftool. The most notable idea of his was of course Craftaids. Judging from your third picture; it looks like he was also the inventor of the "Select-A-Stroke Mallet" which didn't last long in the marketplace even though it was not a bad idea' - just not a great one. I would guess that most carvers would rather have a selection of mallets rather than fiddle around changing the weights on one.

Here is the SELECT-A-STROKE MALLET as it appeared in a vintage Tandy catalog from the late sixties. It seems to have been dropped from the catalogs by the early seventies.

There may be curators of leather museums out there, as well as private collectors, who would be interested in purchasing the notebook - something to think about!!!

Thanks for the advice. I'm a goldsmith so I don't really know the leather world at all. I did a quick search for "leather Museums" and found myself some pretty "interesting" stuff out there. I guess ebay is going to be the answer to finding a home for this box of stuff. Thanks again and my apologies for the hijack here.

[Mjolnir131]

It would seem you have acquired a very interesting piece of Craftool history as Lou Roth was an inventive man who developed many leather tooling aids for Craftool. The most notable idea of his was of course Craftaids. Judging from your third picture; it looks like he was also the inventor of the "Select-A-Stroke Mallet" which didn't last long in the marketplace even though it was not a bad idea' - just not a great one. I would guess that most carvers would rather have a selection of mallets rather than fiddle around changing the weights on one.

Here is the SELECT-A-STROKE MALLET as it appeared in a vintage Tandy catalog from the late sixties. It seems to have been dropped from the catalogs by the early seventies.

There may be curators of leather museums out there, as well as private collectors, who would be interested in purchasing the notebook - something to think about!!!

Does this mean i should not be using mine to do actual stamping with? I really like this little mallet.

[WyomingSlick]

Does this mean i should not be using mine to do actual stamping with? I really like this little mallet.

No, of course not. If you like using the mallet, then you should use it. But if sometime you run across one that is like new, in the original box, then you should "collect it".