you know that is really a nice setup...nless you're left handed....and not a child's size....
How does your Writing Den look like?
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you know that is really a nice setup...nless you're left handed....and not a child's size....
I'm not left handed but the desk is full sized. It came out of Oxford college circa 1880 (no, another Oxford, there is a small college in Oxford, Georgia).
My little desk, not the best in the world, but more than adequate for my chicken scratches.
Also my typewriter, only thing is a spell check would be nice, but then that's why I have a dictionary in the drawer
Also my typewriter, only thing is a spell check would be nice, but then that's why I have a dictionary in the drawer
Thanks, have a small collection of wax seals, all are stock designs, except the rear left, which is a custom with my name and a heraldic eagle.
A letter without a seal, is like a pen without a nib, incomplete.
Jake Blues fell down a flight of stairs in one of those.
Ouch, Dries asked about our writing dens... not our our thinking dens.
Beautiful desk!!!
Nice Ackerman Ink bottles!
Close, I do have the letter A, but the others are designs, like a compass, oak tree, fleur de lis, etc.
Check out Nostalgic Impressions for examples.
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If I could find a "Seal of Rasillion" wax stamper, my life would be pretty much complete.
You could always go the custom route.
Most places will put anything you wish on a seal, you just need to supply them with an image of it.
Attached are some photographs of my 'writing den'. I cleared it up loads in order to be able to post a picture here 
The desk itself was my great-grandfather's (mother's mother's father) and the probably indistinguishable chest in the bottom left of the desk belonged to my great-grandfather (father's father's father) so, yeah, that's a bit interesting
Both are reaching around 100 years of age 
The pen is a Parker Model 45 Flighter with an "F" nib. It's my grandfather's I think.
Also, the tea is there because you can't reasonably be expected to write with a fifty* year old pen on a hundred years old desk without some Earl Grey to calm your nerves
*Request to fountain pen experts: How old is that pen? I can't seem to find any date codes or anything.
The desk itself was my great-grandfather's (mother's mother's father) and the probably indistinguishable chest in the bottom left of the desk belonged to my great-grandfather (father's father's father) so, yeah, that's a bit interesting
Both are reaching around 100 years of age The pen is a Parker Model 45 Flighter with an "F" nib. It's my grandfather's I think.
Also, the tea is there because you can't reasonably be expected to write with a fifty* year old pen on a hundred years old desk without some Earl Grey to calm your nerves
*Request to fountain pen experts: How old is that pen? I can't seem to find any date codes or anything.
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Found a place in Australia that does custom jobs. Shipping would probably be killer. Wanna just bring it by my place next time you're in town?
Found a place in Australia that does custom jobs. Shipping would probably be killer. Wanna just bring it by my place next time you're in town?
Ok, on the way
Perhaps check out Nostalgic Impressions, $65 for a basic die if I remember correctly.
However, they won't do if it's trademarked, etc.
If you are ordering from Aus, shipping should be around $20, I would think (under 500g/17oz). But yep, Australia Post is expensive.
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These all look nice Gentlemen.
Keep them comming, Please.
Dries
Keep them comming, Please.
Dries
