Holy Toronto!
Last week I was looking all over ebay because I needed another quoin, and some furniture, to lock in some of my newly acquired type on the press. Ebay only had massive quoins for big presses, so I started to look through some of my other letterpress links and decided to email Don K. Black Linecasting in Toronto, Ontario, to see if they had what I needed...and indeed they did. After emailing them a photo of the quoin key I had, they located one I could use for just $9, and told me they would put together an assortment of wood furniture I could use with my press for $30. Deal. Now, I honestly expected this assortment to be a couple of pieces, then I opened the box, and under a bit of newspaper found this:
Apparently $30 buys you quite a bit of press furniture.
The object of this post is to, of course, tell all you letterpress enthusiasts of my good experience with Don K. Black Linecasting. I'll be adding a link to their site to my letterpress resources list in the right sidebar. They offer quite a bit more than just quoins and furniture, although I don't believe their site has their full inventory. If you are looking for something in particular for your press, drop them an email and see if they can help.
Happy letterpressing!
I bought a chase from them + really need to get off my rear + order a second, for my larger proof press. Yay, they completely rock + are cheap! cheap! cheap!
Posted by:shona | 14 June 2007 at 07:42 AM
Glad you found what you needed :)
Posted by:Felicia | 14 June 2007 at 08:07 AM
wow, what a great haul!! :) i'm excited to see what you do with all your new letterpress goodies!
Posted by:Jenn | 14 June 2007 at 10:15 AM
Hey Kathleen:
Yes, Don Black rules! If they don't have what you need, they can usually find it for you. What nice new furniture!
Erin
http://adventuresinletterpress.blogspot.com
Posted by:Erin McCall | 14 June 2007 at 11:34 AM
good deal kath! u should of told me i would of pointed you in his direction right away! in fact i just met him recently, hes a sweet guy...have you been on the briar press site too?
briarpress.org
Posted by:nicole | 14 June 2007 at 02:26 PM
Holy cow. What a score. I need to find some quoins myself to lock up a Boxcar base. I'm going to give Don K. a buzz. Thanks for posting.
Amy
Posted by:Amy | 17 June 2007 at 10:13 AM