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by Robare M. Novou
Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:00 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Memorial Conclave Photos Feb 11
Replies: 17
Views: 12344

Re: Conclave Photos Feb 11

Hey Larry, why don't you tell us how you really feel! :roll: :lol: :wink: :!: :!: :!: :?:
by Robare M. Novou
Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:00 am
Forum: Letterhead Events
Topic: Memorial Conclave Photos Feb 11
Replies: 17
Views: 19183

Re: Conclave Photos Feb 11

Hey Larry, why don't you tell us how you really feel! :roll: :lol: :wink: :!: :!: :!: :?:
by Robare M. Novou
Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:56 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Pacific Coast Sign Supply
Replies: 8
Views: 5702

Re: Pacific Coast Sign Supply

Oh So Nice Jerry!

You and the rest of these here gilders are a credit to the cause.

Keep the inspiration and photos coming!

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:20 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Lincoln Highway mural number 16 . . . Ashton, IL
Replies: 3
Views: 2456

Re: Lincoln Highway mural number 16 . . . Ashton, IL

Nice Work Jay!

Hey, remember when you was young...and those know-it-all folks told you to "pay attention and you just might learn something".

Remember that?

Good thing you were paying attention.

Keep up the good works!

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:27 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Western Sand Blast Catalog
Replies: 16
Views: 10362

Re: Western Sand Blast Catalog

Ah yes Doug..."The List"! How indeed does one get on "The List"? It's not that hard...I'm a reasonable man...you send me something and I send you something. I stay inside the lines...you stay inside the lines. That's "The List"...treat it with respect and you will forev...
by Robare M. Novou
Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:33 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Western Sand Blast Catalog
Replies: 16
Views: 10362

Re: Western Sand Blast Catalog

Beans? ......Well Mr. Blake, we got's plenty of "Beans". I can rustle up plenty of my own grub, Thank You Very Much. So now listen out your good ear, provided you stills got one....What's really needed around these here parts are a few dead presidents, such as Washington, Lincoln, Hamilton...
by Robare M. Novou
Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:52 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Western Sand Blast Catalog
Replies: 16
Views: 10362

Re: Western Sand Blast Catalog

I edited my original post to include the requested info.
Any other questions can be posted here or you can contact me at zignmahn@yahoo.com for a chat.

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:59 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Manual tube filling machine...
Replies: 10
Views: 7120

Re: Manual tube filling machine...

This might be the site you need to check out on how to fill and crimp paint tubes.
http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009 ... aint-demo/

Seems they use a tube wringer and canvas pliers.
by Robare M. Novou
Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:16 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Western Sand Blast Catalog
Replies: 16
Views: 10362

Western Sand Blast Catalog

Is anybody here interested in getting a copy of this? The Details: This catalog was copied from a copy, and NOT copied from an original. There were only 53 pages of a supposedly 132 page catalog available. Still if you do not look at the page numbers..it looks and feels like a complete catalog. The ...
by Robare M. Novou
Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:42 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Question about Fine Gold Sign Co.
Replies: 6
Views: 4459

Re: Question about Fine Gold Sign Co.

Thanks Guys! I knew the answer was out there somewhere.

It still feels strange that they are no longer around.

I always looked forward to some new discovery from the folks at Fine Gold / Esoteric.

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:16 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Question about Fine Gold Sign Co.
Replies: 6
Views: 4459

Question about Fine Gold Sign Co.

I was looking for the start date of Esoteric Sign Supply and Fine Gold Sign Co., ....seems to me they started in 1981...is this correct? Or am I off a year or two?

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:44 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Another newbie
Replies: 16
Views: 8598

Re: Another newbie

There are things in my life that I do not get from a Clown...one being my food....I will starve myself to death before I ever set foot in one of those #@%*Golden Arches. But then I saw this Clown...er a...Guy, and now I thinks I may be missing out on a Big Mac or two. At the end of this video...all ...
by Robare M. Novou
Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:05 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Wheel of Fortune
Replies: 5
Views: 3579

Re: Wheel of Fortune

Nice Work, and all without a computer....Bravo! See if you have a Macro setting on your camera and take a few up close photos. And post them here.

So you like horse racing do you? Watch this....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTl2fdMXfv8 and remember "Zenyatta dead last".

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:32 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Another newbie
Replies: 16
Views: 8598

Re: Another newbie

WOW! Mike, your watercolors are fantastic! You could teach someone to paint water colors in exchange for someone teaching you how to letter. When learning how to letter, get a Speedball Lettering Book, lots of basic lettering tips and diagrams, great resource for beginning lettering. Also, learn to ...
by Robare M. Novou
Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:38 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Fax Machines...
Replies: 7
Views: 4877

Re: Fax Machines...

Mike, how is your internet service hooked up to the computer? Phone line goes into the back of the computer, you may have to install a modem card which has a phone port on it, as some motherboards don't have a phone line jack. My Mac has a phone jack, My PC does not. There is also a RJ-45 network ja...
by Robare M. Novou
Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:36 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2098501

Re: Original Dead Men

Hmmm, I wonder what it looks like from the front.

RMN
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by Robare M. Novou
Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:31 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: *NEEDING TO MAKE A BIG ORDER*
Replies: 13
Views: 8793

Re: *NEEDING TO MAKE A BIG ORDER*

Now I know what to do with those extra ice cube trays....hmmmm.....Bon Ami Bars the size of ice cubes...

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:28 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Fax Machines...
Replies: 7
Views: 4877

Re: Fax Machines...

Gee Mike, why don't you use your computer as a fax machine? I use to fax out of it back in the day. If you have winfax installed, you hit the print button, when the print dialog box opens up, click on the down arrow for a list of printers or fax software installed on your puter...click on fax...wait...
by Robare M. Novou
Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:12 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Florence window gilding
Replies: 16
Views: 13133

Re: Florence window gilding

Dan, we will just have to be satisfied with the close-ups you provided...as I do not have any close-ups of La Campana. I got those photos off the internet...maybe someone can do a search on flickr and see what shows up. Too bad about your camera gone missing. Guess you will just have to go back next...
by Robare M. Novou
Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:29 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Florence window gilding
Replies: 16
Views: 13133

Re: Florence window gilding

In Seville Spain ....Confiteria La Campana

http://www.confiterialacampana.com/

Enjoy the View.

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:31 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Oil for Gold
Replies: 2
Views: 1967

Oil for Gold

As a commodity, I know the price of Oil is tied to World Events. And at the drop of a hat Oil prices can shoot up rather quickly. And go back down rather slowly. And that this nation depends a great deal on Foreign Oil. So why is it that Gold also does the same? Do we depend on Foreign Gold? Don't w...
by Robare M. Novou
Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:41 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: House Film
Replies: 3
Views: 2322

House Film

I like what he does with the pencil.

http://www.houseind.com/about/films/?ut ... gn=trailer

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:31 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Possible Rawson and Evans?
Replies: 4
Views: 2950

Re: Possible Rawson and Evans?

Hey Bob, how thick is the glass? White Acid Etched or Sandblasted? It looks like it could be an R&E, some of the elements in the design are in some of the Sash and Door Hardware Catalogs I have, especially that Chicago concern of John A. Gauger & Co. and their Catalog of 1898. You might have...
by Robare M. Novou
Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:18 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Today in History...
Replies: 6
Views: 4570

Re: Today in History...

Erik, That's a fine idea and offer for you to want to do that. Ideas on how to mark the site have also been discussed among the current living descendants of Mr. Evans. One would have to consider that where Samuel Evans Sr. is now buried is no longer Evans property. And that there is no public acces...
by Robare M. Novou
Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:24 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Web site help
Replies: 6
Views: 3227

Re: Web site help

by Robare M. Novou
Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:38 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: window shopping in the good ol' days
Replies: 2
Views: 1992

Re: window shopping in the good ol' days

I do see the man...he must be the photographer, as I see the legs from the tripod and the area where the camera may be. Also, take a look at the 1901 Prang's Standard Alphabets book, top left shelf. It's in Mint Shape, Sweeeeeeeeeet! And to the right of that is another book...Student's Alphabets (by...
by Robare M. Novou
Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:34 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Web site help
Replies: 6
Views: 3227

Re: Web site help

Leave off the border...it looks cleaner, more professional...remember less is more.

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:26 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Today in History...
Replies: 6
Views: 4570

Re: Today in History...

Was it Accidental? or was it Suicide? Was it Carbon Monoxide Poisoning? We may never know for sure. What is known is that the Death Certificate for Charles L. Rawson states that he died on Saturday, December 16, 1905...at the age of 60 of "Accidental Asphyxiation by Gas". He was single, ha...
by Robare M. Novou
Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:11 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Logo
Replies: 20
Views: 13421

Re: Logo

Maybe Sir Dave should have said "wall mural" instead of "logo".

And besides...Dave Don't Do Simple.

Thank God for that... :wink:

RMN
by Robare M. Novou
Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:27 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Is there an alternative for goldleaf?
Replies: 17
Views: 11672

Re: Is there an alternative for goldleaf?

YES....Gold Chloride.

RMN