I was at that meet and remember talking to this guy, can't recall his name or where he was from.. I was thirty eight at the time, I'm almost sixty now so Laura's time frame is indeed in line.

I've rendered styles very similar to that many times. I'm sure there's a name for it but I don't have a clue, flat top gas pipe maybe? As far as how they did the letters, I use the yardstick width method. This one looks like a two yard stick stroke width letter. A board of the proper size will also ...

I've moved my patterns twice in the past 15 years. Once when I closed my shop and moved everything into a workshop in the backyard. Then, a couple of years ago, I moved them out of the workshop into the attic in the house. I culled a bunch of them on this move, mainly patterns to businesses no longe...

I can't answer for Alan or why he uses the hardner in the size. As far as the auto urethane clears attacking the size I've never seen it. I've done a number of gold leaf jobs on fire trucks and race cars. I've brushed on and sprayed on auto urethane clears. I've never seen them attack the size. A lo...