Hi, does anyone have information relating a company known as S & S. I have only seen their initials on protractors, both circular and swing arm. My guess is...
Hello people My name is John Baselmans and I'm an artist living in Curacao Dutch Antilles. My whole life I dedicated all my time to my passion DRAWING. Drawing...
Welcome to the group. We collect and discuss drafting/drawing instruments and ocassionally get a little deeper into various types of pens and pencils. Do you...
Thank you Marc I use the old Quill pen with the east indian ink. The pencils are from Caran D'ache a perfect pencil what is color fast. The soft pastels come...
I recently purchased two lots of Stanley brass architect's stencils on ebay, one consisting of 8 large stencils (8mm lettering except one 4mm), and the other...
Stencils seem to be uncommon, although I have 1/4 and 1/2 inch sizes of the alphabet in a plain letter style, which came in the bottom layer of a two layer...
Hi Dave, Bruce, Thankyou for your replies. Re my 1912 catalogue, I did not notice that there are more pages on stencils and one does list a set of 40 ...
Mathematical Drawing Instruments HULME Rare 1880 Manual Item number: 250139885674 I have a copy of this book which has just appeared on ebay. It is a nice...
I just boaught yet another pile of junk. I can not help it. In the pile was a beat up old Dietzgen leather case with a very unique instrument. What was left of...
That's good to know. I will add it to the description. I do not have a Dietzgen catalogue that old. I had put C.1905 in the photo description since I can not...
I have seen a number of these over the years on ebay and have photos of one with its case by BOSSART-BACHLI SUHR-AARAU. SUISSE PATENT. Probably made by Kern....
Thank you Dave for the additional information. The pen seems to be overly complicated for what it was ment to do. With two sets of leaf springs, a slide bar,...
I situations like this, where I don't want to pull it all apart, I've had some luck just hitting the joints & screws with touch of Tri-flow. Then dental floss...
Great pen, Robert. I would think that it would lend itself to a small pocket set, for all its multible features. Don pocketetui <shawil@...> wrote: ...
In a message dated 7/19/2007 11:44:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Cycletruck@... writes: I situations like this, where I don't want to pull it all apart, ...
There are a series of prints for sale on Ebay from 1702. It is a partial collection and shows primarily sectors and their use in surveying. There is no...
... Robert I would always like to see something of this age and difficulty to obtain, put on file for reference - as long as its not 'wrong' to do so - but...
I just thought that I would write a few words to introduce myself. For years I thought that I was the only person who collected drawing instruments - it's...
Hi Stephen, Welcome to the group. There are a few of us who deal in the instruments and related literature, so please feel free to check us out to "help" you...
I have just posted a photo of a small, incomplete set of French instruments I recently obtained. It is higher quality than the cheap French sets usually found...
I just posted a photo of a brass carpenter's trammel. It is missing the other steel point. Anyone in the group have knowledge of these kinds of trammels....
David, Sorry I can't help you out. It seesm these small French instrument makers were as common as beeper kiosks at shopping malls in the 1980's. The demand...
Auguste Patte, 19th century, is listed in "Dictionaire des Fabricants Francais" (Marcelin 2004)at 168 rue de rivoli, Hotel du Louvre, Paris and at 43 Palais...
Hi Dave, Thanks for looking Patte up for me in Marcelin. I will get a copy sometime. Besides all the other references you list, with which I am familiar, there...
Hello group, An honour to join. I would like to obtain a drawing instument which, upon laying it along a line in a drawing, automatically divides its lenght...
