{"id":10,"date":"2008-10-07T14:30:52","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T19:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johndonivan.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/?p=10"},"modified":"2008-10-07T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T19:30:52","slug":"original-forehead-stamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/johndonivan\/2008\/10\/07\/original-forehead-stamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Forehead Stamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

The box is around a foot long by maybe eight inches wide, made out of sticks and paper veneer, with a mahogany veneer on the top.\u00a0 There is silver\/copper\/brass mokume here and there, but otherwise all metal is sterling.\u00a0 There’s also Koa wood and various stones.\u00a0 There’s also a book, which I wrote, painted and bound, which gives a story of elves being involved with human destiny.\u00a0 I thought it would be better to have a story than to just present a kit with no explanation.<\/p>\n

There are silver screws on the stamp, and a slot in which the letters fit.\u00a0 One screw is removed, the stamp is filled with letters, the screw replaced and tightened, and then ink and stamp.<\/p>\n

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$\"\"$ <\/a>Front view showing the book and two drawers of letters.\u00a0 The letters are vulcanized rubber mounted on agate tablets that fit into the stamp.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Outside view of box – Koa, ebony, silver with a spring catch.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Ink tablet, Koa, ebony and jade brayer, jasper spatula.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>The actual forehead stamp, which is a rock crystal carving and jasper in silver, and the three containers with mokume lids mounted in carved Koa wood.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Stamp, letters, brayer, tablet, spatula – ready to stamp a forehead.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>View of interior of kit.\u00a0 Trays of letters and a slot for the book are underneath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"