Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/15

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Subject: [Leica] NYTimes.com: The Do-It-Yourself Economy
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:28:33 -0500
References: <4137125.1260852718415.JavaMail.root@wamui-hunyo.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <FE956233-60E3-47F3-BC1E-B55A84AA09B0@mac.com> <1424.68.165.63.15.1260882150.squirrel@mail.expedient.net> <71736A11-CEBF-473F-8631-FC26A918D8F5@comcast.net> <6FDF2D09-B134-4067-BC40-9001D92EE328@mac.com>

Well, that certainly is true.  The few I finished perfectly, or nearly so, 
were objects of art and I was very proud of them.  

Regards, 

Dick



On Dec 15, 2009, at 10:57 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> And I just love the challenges of the craft
> and the results
> with both ruling pens and rapidograph pens.
> (and brushes and pencils and ?)
> 
> miss them on a daily basis
> 
> The beauty of hand made objects
> of fine inks on fine papers.
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> On Dec 15, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Richard Taylor wrote:
> 
>> Jeez, I was so glad to see the end of them.  My high school drafting 
>> class required we use them to ink on vellum.  Getting a clean line with 
>> no breaks or smudges was virtually impossible.  The number of drawings I 
>> ruined as I attempted to get the last few lines is place is uncountable.  
>> That Senior drfating class was a whole year of frustration.  Arghhh!
>> 
>> I would have sold my soul to the devil to get my hands on a Rapidograph.
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] NYTimes.com: The Do-It-Yourself Economy)
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