We have a handful of “cosmetic seconds” available of our Type 2 Crucible Dividers. There are minor blemishes caused by the tumbling process, and perhaps a few small spots of rust. All are 100 percent functional and have been reinspected.
We’ve stamped all of them with a No. 2, (indicating a second) which is the biggest blemish or mark on the tools. We’ve included photos of some of the cosmetic marks, and we picked the worst-case ones.
These tools are normally $126. We are selling the blemished ones for $90. That’s about a 29 percent discount.
We have our first batch of Warrington hammers in stock here in Covington and ready to ship. The heads are made in Nicholasville, Kentucky. The oiled hickory handles are made in Tennessee. The hammers are hand-assembled – glued and wedged.
They are $97 each. You can place your order here. You can read all about the hammer in our stor, including what the hammer’s cross-peen is used for.
If you are coming to our open day on Saturday morning (July 29), we will have a couple dozen of the Warringtons for sale as well.
The Warrington is our second hammer. It took us a while to get to it because our lump hammer has been so damn popular (did you see that Natalie Portman uses one for climbing?). We love “lumpy” so much that we have made a special edition version that features an engraving of our new headquarters building on it. These special edition hammers are more expensive because the proceeds go to help fix up the Anthe building.
What’s next? A claw hammer. This is a project we have been building up to for a long time. We now have the design of the head complete and are working on the handle.
We were quite bummed when we put up the last of our Anthe Lump Hammers on Friday and no one bought one. Not a single one.
“Oh well,” I said. “I guess no one loves us any more.”
Turns out our store was cranky and refusing customer’s addresses when they tried to buy the hammer. The problem is fixed now. If you want one, please try again.
One of the many batches of glue I’ve been cooking during the last year.
I’m in the middle of refining a recipe for a liquid hide glue that uses food-grade gelatin as the base product and is essentially clear. If all goes to plan, we should start selling the glue by the end of the year.
Our working name for the stuff is “Death Grip Glue,” which is a bit goth for my taste (even though I came up with the name). So we decided to hold a contest among our readers to see if there’s a better name floating out there.
Here are the qualities of the new glue, which might help spur an idea for a name:
It is essentially clear liquid hide glue with no discernable smell
It is reversible, like other protein-based glues
It is made from three ingredients: gelatin, salt and water
Its shelf life is indefinite as long as it is treated properly
It is made from hides and connective tissue of pigs and cows
It is made in Covington, Kentucky, one batch at a time
Like other protein glues, hardened squeeze-out can be cleaned up with a little hot water
Here are the rules of the contest: One entry per person, please. Give us your one best idea. The winner will receive the very first bottle of glue off the line, all signed by us here at Lost Art Press. Plus a $200 gift certificate to our store.
How to enter: Post your single best idea in the comments. If you don’t include your email in the comment field, we won’t be able to find you and give you the prize. So please include your name and email in the appropriate fields (only we can see your email address).
This contest runs until midnight on July 3. The winner will be determined by us, using no objective criteria except that we love it.
This is the final bit of our run of special edition Anthe hammers, which help fund our restoration of our new headquarters on Madison Avenue in Covington. We won’t be making these again.
The Redneck Pencil Gauges were a grand experiment with a lower-priced tool using scavenged parts and some MacGuyver-ing. If we offer pencil gauges again, they will be more expensive because we will mill the heads ourselves. So this is the last chance to get a 100-percent functional pencil gauge for inside and outside curves for $37.
