Merry Christmaas everybody.
Hopefully 2021 will be better than 2020 has been for all.

I have been reproducing some Palm Bros transfers used on fire apparatus for a number of years. The Museum in Cincinnati , OH has the archives of Palm Bros. company. It is a vast collection of real, color samples of the transfers. It is hard to get access to it. How have you gone about it please Ken...

Thank you for sharing

Looking good.
Thanks for sharing.

Hi all,
I have slipped 25 of those american bucks to my friend Danny.

Hopefuy others will do the same.
Thanks for keping it going Danny.

Lee Littlewood wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:23 am That looks great! Now that people are locked down to avoid Covid19 maybe you will have more "free time" to work on it and post pictures?

Seconded, I would like to see how hes getting on 5 months on.

Hi all,
I know from my regular visitis here that loads of popl are still visitng this valuable rescouce every day.

Who ever you are, member or gusest, stay safe everyone.

Nice

Happy New Year everybody.

Heres hoping all that contribute here and all that read their posts have a Merry Xmas, whereevever you are and whatever god you believe in.

Hi, In september I did a workshop with Dave Smith. We used Charbonnel lamour black covering varnish . I found a supplier in The Netherlands, https://www.polymetaal.nl/contents/en-uk/d167_Charbonnel-etching-grounds-varnishes.html (250 ml #331278) and has stock at the time of writing. Marc Hi Marc, T...

I think I have found it, possibly Stadium 1942

Can anyone tell me if the font in the attached is a real font or if its hand lettering please?

I thought that it might be roseberry but the "S" is wrong. Thanks in advance.

Anthony

This is a bit off track, but Dave mentioned glue and I was reminded of an article in Glass Craftsman magazine. (June/July 2004) Janet Zambai used dried Elmer's glue as a sandblast resist. She painted it on with a brush and let it dry hard (at least overnight) before blasting. When you're done you j...

Cool find Mike and some good inspiration.

Thanks for the share.

Thank you for the reply Danny.

Hi all, I have a question that I am hoping someone will know the answer to. I appreciate most people on here don;t live in the UK and very few live in Europe. I was wondering where I could source Asphaltum without having to ship it in from the USA. I have looked around and found that Asphaltum, as u...

Hi John,

Your adventure is best started here

https://angelgilding.com//written-instructions/

The more you learn though the more questions you'll have

I'm sure someone else will point out some old books for you in time.

Whats the latest update on Danny please Mike?

LArry, Thanks for doing this.

Intersted in the acid paste you used, do you make your own or is it bought over the counter please?

LArry, Thanks for doing this.

Intersted in the acid paste you used, do you make your own or is it bought over the counter please?

Thank you for sharing all of this Step-by-Step Larry

Thank you for sharing all of this Step-by-Step Larry

Excellent work, Thanks for sharing.

Excellent work, Thanks for sharing.

Pierre is right, thats a signwriters hand, It does bear some similarity to "Boston Ballpark" which is a hand made font. Have a look here and maybe ask if they can replicate it, if they havnt already done so. https://www.letterheadfonts.com/index.php (I do like to check, I think this is one...

Me too, always lurkin

My wife is an avid collector of cut glass and in particular Waterford Crystal to the extent that we have visted there and I am both interested and amazed at some of the work I have seen displayed there. Cut glass may be slightly off topic to the forum but it does reveal the interesting techniques us...

Nothing new with the Dead Men ?

Welcome from lil ole me