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[rove]

hello

I got a old box today.

very heavy.

very nice.

came from an old book maker..

[rove]

whats inside?

hmm, let us open

[rove]

suprise

suprise

nskk and some little runes

[rove]

Daf

a small one

[rove]

more

its real fantastic, seems to be for posters

[rove]

at last

here

[der-hase-fee]

hello

I got a old box today.

very heavy.

very nice.

came from an old book maker..

Look like his tools, all negative for impressions on book covers or so ?

[rove]

hello
but they are big, about 20cm
think for posters?
and made of brass

[Erich B.]

They look like bookbinders' tools for stamping and gold foil work on leather and cloth.
That is a fantastic find!
Erich

[rove]

They look like bookbinders' tools for stamping and gold foil work on leather and cloth.
That is a fantastic find!
Erich

Thank you!

i m still confused about it. i never though something like that still exists

[juoneen]

Linotype. For printing newspapers, brochures , public notices and the like. I have nazi swastikas used by our newspapers here during the war also of linotype . Nice find, I was hoping they were dies, but still a great find. Now go get a stamp pad, and print some out of each example on paper.

[Erich B.]

Not linotype--linotype was an automatic type machine for newspapers that used molten lead/tin to cast lines of type. These pieces are not for printing, as they're too large and have no 'screening'. Newspaper illustrations are usually either screened, engraved or etched with a linear pattern of some sort, or are done in outlined form.
Erich

[rove]

hello

i put the eagle in right position

greetings