Re: [BKARTS] Brass Nevada?

["Peter D. Verheyen" <verheyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If that's what it is, then I have one. Don't remember where I bought 
it (Peachey, Bookmakers, or TALAS) but can do just as well with a 
simple triangle, my eyes, scissors, and a sharp knife.

For those that insist on Nevada's finest brasses... 
<http://www.brushesandtools.com/product/brass-box-makers-angle/>. In 
the Archive as predicted by Alicia

p.

At 07:18 PM 6/22/2008, you wrote:
> As I recall, this is a right (30/60/90 degree corners) triangle made 
> of brass sheeting with a little handle to lift it with.  I have one 
> made by Dick Shepard, Hand Bookbinder of California member.  It's a 
> honey, but I think it's possible to make a clamshell box--indeed 
> 1,000 clamshell boxes--without one.
>
> Signa Houghteling


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