Tens of thousands of woodworkers have a poster of the famed H.O. Studley tool chest on their shop walls. Studley, however, didn’t need the poster – he had the real thing. So what poster did he tack to his shop wall?
A circa 1917 advertisement for U.S. Government bonds that was painted by Eugenie DeLand and features the Statue of Liberty.
Reader Lynn Bradford pointed out that you can buy this poster through a variety of sources, including here at allposters.com. So if you want to go full meta on the Studley experience, get the poster, some suspenders and a skinny tie.
— Christopher Schwarz
Suspenders?
Skinny tie?
Vintage art?
Was he a hipster?!
We do not know if he had any moustache wax.
If we could only tell if he was wearing skinny jeans. Curse you shop apron!!!
I would be more interested in making that cabinet behind him……….oh that can be my next project, wonder what he stored in it.
Pool ques and Cuban cigars. 🙂
Grrr, Need a preview mode ‘cues’
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Sorry…not 18th century = not interesting. You’ll be waxing rhapsodic about the noble Shopsmith next. I’m filing all this Studley stuff right next to all the Sam Maloof adoration articles. (Scowls and shakes fist at kids on lawn…)
Wait, did Studley put drywall screws under all of those mother-of-pearl dots?
I wonder what he listened to
on his Ipod?
Definitely not a “Gwar”
kind of guy I think
Well, those dastardly skinny ties are back in vogue for sure. I can hardly find anything but. When haberdashery was impressed upon me, a man’s necktie was to be in proportion to the width of the lapel it was worn with. A half-inch Windsor knot just does not look right with my 20-inch neck and a 52-inch jacket.
(resisting an urge to go off on the manipulated bond market today – one old man rant per day is plenty)
The best way to be “en vogue” is to violate the “rules” setup by the previous group.
Soooooooo…..become an anarchist?
I have a skinny tie.
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The no.8 on the bench – doesn’t fit in the famous wall cabinet – did he have another chest?
Is that his famous bench?
He didn’t make a frame for the poster?
“So if you want to go full meta on the Studley experience, get the poster, some suspenders and a skinny tie.”
… and a piano. Don’t forget the piano.
I’d rather the #8. I’m missing mine; someone else has it, and won’t tell me who they are.