WyomingSlick Report post Posted July 12, 2011 A friend passed along the following link to a F.K. Russel Catalog that has been scanned into a pdf. file. http://toolemera.com/catpdf/fullchiselleathertoolscatSec.pdf F.K. Russell was a leathertool maker in Dallas, Texas back in the early part of the last century For those of you who are just interested in the stamping tools and would like to download those pages for referance - I have posted those pages in jpeg. format at my blog page. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?app=blog&module=display§ion=blog&blogid=31 Take a look...............find out what a "sinker" is (something new I learned from the catalog) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
REDTAILHAWK Report post Posted December 15, 2012 HELLO, WYOMINGSLICK, I CHECKED OUT YOUR BLOG. THANKS FOR MY LEATHER TOOL EDUCATION. I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION. THANKS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveh Report post Posted December 16, 2012 Thank you for posting the link to the Russel catalog. Very interesting, The quality of the stamps is remarkable. I see in the catalog they refered to backgrounders,bar grounders and bevelers as sinkers. There dot sinker ( bar grounder) is priced at .25 cents, and a rope basket .35 cents . amazing. steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SmokeCigars Report post Posted January 30, 2013 Wow holy inflation! Stamps now are about 25 times the price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shtoink Report post Posted January 30, 2013 With the recent price increase of new stamps at Tandy to 9.99, the inflation is much closer to 40x. That's just insane! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PcCowboy Report post Posted June 6, 2013 Very interesting designs. Of all your scans I still don't see the design of the one that I have. Of course it was made by a company in NY that went out of business in the 1930s. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
REDTAILHAWK Report post Posted June 6, 2013 PcCowboy, What does your stamp look like? I picked up one a while back of a pineapple. I know it used to be a sign of good luck or whatever, but it is pretty strange Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PcCowboy Report post Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) PcCowboy, What does your stamp look like? I picked up one a while back of a pineapple. I know it used to be a sign of good luck or whatever, but it is pretty strange Here is a picture of the tooling What do you know. I was wrong about the company Must have been thinking about the company I was looking for who made some conchos I wanted to find. The name on the stamp is: F. K. R. MCH. CO. Dallas TX. Edited June 6, 2013 by PcCowboy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
REDTAILHAWK Report post Posted June 6, 2013 That looks really great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PcCowboy Report post Posted June 6, 2013 I have been looking for a few years trying to see if someone else has this tool, but haven't found anyone. Wilford Lewis got this from his father when he was young. Will died almost 10 years ago when he was 82. I use this tooling as my signature tooling since I seem to be the only one who can do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruce johnson Report post Posted June 6, 2013 Interesting stamp, I got a similar one from Bob Beard. As far as duplicating it exactly, a few makers could do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shes2funky4u Report post Posted December 31, 2021 On 7/11/2011 at 11:33 PM, WyomingSlick said: A friend passed along the following link to a F.K. Russel Catalog that has been scanned into a pdf. file. http://toolemera.com/catpdf/fullchiselleathertoolscatSec.pdf F.K. Russell was a leathertool maker in Dallas, Texas back in the early part of the last century For those of you who are just interested in the stamping tools and would like to download those pages for referance - I have posted those pages in jpeg. format at my blog page. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?app=blog&module=display§ion=blog&blogid=31 Take a look...............find out what a "sinker" is (something new I learned from the catalog) I realize it’s been many years since you posted this. But could you send me the links? They aren’t active anymore from your post. thank you!! knockoutleatherspdx@gmail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted December 31, 2021 6 hours ago, shes2funky4u said: I realize it’s been many years since you posted this. But could you send me the links? They aren’t active anymore from your post. thank you!! knockoutleatherspdx@gmail Wyomingslick became disaffected and no longer visits LW. Last visited October 10, 2015. He deleted his blog posts. https://leatherworker.net/forum/blogs/entry/295-what-is-going-on-i-have-deleted-all-of-my-blog-entries/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted December 31, 2021 @shes2funky4u You can try searching through https://web.archive.org for the catalogue if that is what you are looking for. They have archived many websites. You might even be able to find Wyomingslick's blog before he deleted his entries. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayEhl Report post Posted February 9, 2022 On 12/31/2021 at 10:38 AM, Northmount said: Wyomingslick became disaffected and no longer visits LW. Last visited October 10, 2015. He deleted his blog posts. https://leatherworker.net/forum/blogs/entry/295-what-is-going-on-i-have-deleted-all-of-my-blog-entries/ ...wow.... wonder what triggered this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
