FOLLOWING JENLANE'S POST-Chasing and Repousse Tools-

Each chisel (tool) has a history, a master, then handed from generation to generation .. The logos show the owners. There are tools with 6 or more logos .. It means that they are lost in time - date back to 1500/1600.The
sign each tool was due to the fact that more workers were working at the
same project and it was the only way to recognize their tools and to avoid being stolen by others workers. The x
belongs to my teacher, then there are the tools of Quadrelli, Delfino,
Faithful, and others that my memory does not store ...I love these tools. Each chisel (tool) has a history, a master, then handed from generation to generation .. The logos show the owners. There are tools with 6 or more logos .. It means that they are lost in time - date back to 1500/1600.The   sign each tool was due to the faFOLLOWING JENLANE'S POST-Chasing and Repousse Tools-: Each chisel (tool) has a history, a master, then handed from generation to generation .. The logos show the owners. There are tools with 6 or more logos .. It means that they are lost in time - date back to 1500/1600.The sign each tool was due to the fa


Fred Zweig's picture

I fully understand your love

I fully understand your love for these tool. Whenever I am fortunate to find and acquire tools made by another craftsman I see the care he/she took in their making and this makes their use even more enjoyable and they seem to come alive being used once again.

Fred Zweig
Metalsmith


visitor's picture

right words..

Hi Fred,
it is true! you found the right words!!!
Thanks for your comment..
Roby