Other stuff I photographed today, which is why my good camera is at the Press Room right now. :P
Month: February 2014
Thrift store Gods provide inky goodness, and the Ghosts of The Past.
Here’s the links: http://www.pnas.org/content/95/26/15861.full http://www.google.com/patents/US3951134
No tear gas cannister or throwing knives, but…
I’ve been on the lookout for a nice attache case with a blotter/writing desk section built in for awhile, they’re somewhat rarer in the thrifts than I expected them to be – but persistence pays: The bottom part has an expandable accordion section, so while a Hermes Rocket/Empire Aristocrat will fit when it’s set at […]
Found Film: Murder, through the Eye of The Owl
I’ve been picking up cheap $2 35mm point-n-shoot cameras at the thrifts lately, but only ones that already have film loaded in them. Most only have a few frames shot – those I will generally re-roll and re-shoot, double-exposing those few frames in a dice roll to see if I can get something interesting to […]
Jackalopes, Yashica Electro 35 G and Ink Sacs & Shellac
I’ve been on the lookout for a couple of specific Rangefinder cameras lately: specifically an Olympus PEN half-frame 35mm (NotAgain has one, it’s a fantastically tiny and handy), and a Yashica Electro 35 rangefinder. Today I found one for lunch money in practically factory-new condition at Goodwill. I about fell over when I saw it […]
Pencast 2: New feature at the Typewriter Database
Pencast: 1950’s Esterbrook J “Double Jewel” Fountain Pen
http://www.esterbrook.net/j3.shtml http://www.richardspens.com/ref/repair/sac_replacement.htm http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/84932-how-to-clean-a-fountain-pen-fully/
ITAM is shaping up to be Royally Awesome!
Buddy-L Easy-Writer 300
note the forward-leaning exclamation mark not only prints that way, but is painted on the keytop that way. weird. Includes a “1” since there is no lower-case “l”. See this thing @ the Typewriter Database.
A frenzy…
The News from the North
This typecast was written Tuesday, and since then I’ve been inundated with raw scans and a spreadsheet put together by TypesHalfSpaces. A vertitable treasure trove of information on the RaRo type foundry, which I have not had time yet to process. However, look for a big reveal on Georg Sommeregger’s blog soonish regarding the RaRo […]