Bought it back at a Letterhead Meet in Mars, PA. Think that was back in the summer of 2002! An ol' sign painter by the name of Mike Meyers came down from Minn. to give me the basics (don't know if he's still around anymore though). I even have some of his panels up in the barn that I keep for daily inspiration.
Ya....I've ALREADY paid for it 10 fold!! Went out and did some windows with it and haven't looked back since!!
Maybe in twenty or thirty years I'll have some good 'ol stories to share with you.
-------------------- Mark Neurohr "Ernest" Paintin' Place 141 Sunnyside Road Kittanning, PA 16201
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BRUCE.....WOOLY MAMOTH HAIR BRUSHES????you musta been one of them beginner sign painters, us old guys know that if you want good brushes you need to get the hairs from the tail of a tera-duck-tile.....anf they last fore ever and dont leave brush strokes like the mamoth does!!!! arvil....the guy who taught me to paint, gave me my 1st quills(58-59), lived in his car, and worked outa the trunk, never made a pounce pattern or every used a projector. he would just pick up his brush...and paint...sometimes he painted the background out to the letters(sorta bas-acward)and he lived by the brush(or should i say drank by the brush). as for making money with them, yep i look at stuff ive bought, and then look at that brush and say that tool and talent paid for this!! iam still a snapper..only now i got a generator, laptop, plotter and vinyl, along with my kit, and one shot....in my step van!!!!
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-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Not necessarrily old. . . but, with great sentimental value. Some stripers that Vince Balisteria trimmed for me back in '89 and showed me how to use them. Some custom stripers that Jack Lindenberger trimmed and demonstrated for me. Some Langnickel quills that John Cox looked at and said... "yeah, those are good". A very old carving knife that Ralph Gaither (CDR, USN-RET) gave me for just paying attention in his carving class back in 1990. Some informational books from Mark Beaty that helps with painting. And, some other stuff that has extreme sentimental value that I don't even know how to use. Not old stuff... just stuff with some very fond memories of those that have used them for a long time.
-------------------- John Smith Kings Bay Signs (Retired) Kissimmee, Florida Posts: 816 | From: Central Florida - The Sunshine State | Registered: Jan 2000
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I too, started back when we used "fur on a stick".
Now I use real quills and brushes, but don't have anything over 10 years old. I used to use Neatfoot Oil on my brushes, but one night left the brush box open... ...and next morning had hairless quills and brushes! I hope whatever ate the hairs died a slow miserable death!!!
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Brushasaurus on Chat Posts: 8827 | From: La Mirada, CA, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Hey Deb did I tell you about all the brushes that I am familiar with - brush with death, brush-off (I used this one more when I was single), brush with the law, and the one that I use now more than any others - brush hog.
-------------------- Laura Butler Vision Graphics & Sign 4479 Welch Rd Attica, Mi 48412 Posts: 2855 | From: Attica, Mi, USA | Registered: Nov 2000
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Laura is just punning around and I got to tell you she even ran into Lora Butler at Don's meet. Lora is very gifted in painting, Steve is lucky to have her working with him, for sure! As for Laura, well we got to run to the airport with her husband to snoop around and brush up on more than paint! was fun!
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Well guess I can pull out a story here too. I would say my oldest brush in my box is from a guy name Frosty the Creative Artist, I was living in San Jose at the time. I used to be a Window Washer/ Janitor, and he designed me my biz cards. I walked into his shop and saw all the signs and posters on his walls he had done, He used a malh stick while painting his signs. I was just watching him paint, it looked so easy, I knew I could do it. Yeah right! One day I bugged him enough that I bet I could do it, guess it worked he handed me the brush and I tried...shaky hands and all. Making a mess of his sign with my crooked letters, he said stop, you need to go practice, he gave me a set of old brushed he had, I remember one was an Art Sign flat. Must be at least 25 years old or so. My first job was painting Christmas stuff at a retired Mobile home park in San Jose. But in my collection of older brushes, would be a Super Greyhound 1926 can't see what number it is (to worn out) bristles must be at least 2" wide, given to me by the late Lynn "Hoot Gibson" he called it his mop. good post Mark...
-------------------- aka:Cisco the "Traveling Millennium Sign Artist" http://www.franciscovargas.com Fresno, CA 93703 559 252-0935 "to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98 Posts: 3576 | From: Fresno, Ca, the great USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Have several old brushes in my kit here,...a couple came from a sign shop a friend and I bought out in the eighties,...they were well worn and stored in neatsfoot oil while there we found stuff dating back to the 20's and 30's so I would guess several of these should be at least 50 years old,as they appear worn by not only use but time. Several others I bought in New York back in the seventies and at that time the store clerk stated that they were part of a buy out from an old hardware store in the city that had went out of business in the thirties,..yet the brushes(without handles) had been stored in mothballs and provided me with me with good use thru the earliy 90's. Joe Pribish also traded me a couple of old muslin brushes that I know have to be at the very least 30 years old as that is when they quit makeing them,...good post !
-------------------- fly low...timi/NC is, Tim Barrow Barrow Art Signs Winston-Salem,NC Posts: 2224 | From: Winston-Salem,NC,USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I don't know if a gold leaf Gilding tip counts, but I have one that is as old as I am, which is 63 yrs. Also I have my Dads old 3/4 inch grey flat, I have no idea how old it is, but it is more than 70. in my gold kit also I have a sable size brush, one of those with the brass body. again,it is older than me. They still work Good. but having a hard time finding enough hair for my giding tip, even if I had a job for it. Bill
-------------------- Bill & Barbara Biggs Art's Sign Service, Inc. Clute, Texas, USA Home of The Great Texas Mosquito Festival Proud 10 year Supporter of the Letterheads Website www.artssigns.com "MrBill-" on the chat page MailTo:biggsbb@sbcglobal.net Posts: 1020 | From: Lake Jackson,Tx | Registered: Nov 1998
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