TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 I’ve seen another one from townsends that John posted awhile back about building a bellows, they really make a good video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 10 hours ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said: I didn’t know people used to fold their letter into an envelope! And now, my friends, let me introduce you to the twisting rabbit hole of letterlocking: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210616-how-the-forgotten-tricks-of-letterlocking-shaped-history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 Wow that’s pretty awesome John, thanks for sharing that, I might give that I try sometime just for fun! I’ve already spent way more time then I outta on the usps website reading around as well as a bunch of wiki pages lol, on a side note I found that the North Pole postmark postmaster is located in anchorage Alaska if anyone needs to get a letter from Santa Clause,…. Jerry you got something you wanna share with the rest of us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 I had to run back down to the post office because I forgot something I needed to ship out, while I was there I bought some international mailing stamps they run a $1.30 a stamp, I inquired about using wax seals on international letters, they didn’t know right off hand but they looked it up for me, an what they found was the charge for a non machinable letter going internationally is .30 cents, an they said if I add a postcard stamp with an international stamp it should be okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 It occurs to me that sometimes lead is added to steel to make it more machinable, but adding a lead seal to a letter would make it less machinable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 16 hours ago, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said: Yes although not the traditional salute. The right hand is placed over the heart then moved away. Similar to when saluting the flag when the National Anthem is played. Thanks Randy, that's as close as I've been getting for years. I haven't done a hand to brow salute since Boy Scouts. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 One thing you might do is place an envelope with a seal inside a 2d envelope that didn't have a seal and could be run through the machine. Or, you could fold the letter so that the ends overlap and place the seal there before putting it into the mailing envelope. If you really want to get fancy you could use a "pendant" seal where a ribbon or piece of leather is pt through 2 slits in the document and then the seal is attached to the ends so that it dangles beneath the document. For large, formal documents a large seal was placed in a round metal box called a skippet to protect it. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 I've got some weird thing going with my hands that makes it almost impossible for me to do a three-finger Scout salute. Even if I force my fingers into place with my other hand, I can't hold the position very long without significant pain. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 11 minutes ago, George N. M. said: Or, you could fold the letter so that the ends overlap and place the seal there before putting it into the mailing envelope. That’s an awesome idea George! I hadn’t thought of that! Thank you! John, my hands are the kinda the same, I can do it but only for a few seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Lead seals are a bunch of bulla! (See Medieval Latin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 Your a little late on that one Thomas, John done covered that bucket of bulla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 They say that the memory is the first to go; I could use my screwpress to mint bulla though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 I wonder how much mula you could make minting bulla? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Lead me look into that for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 Thanks John! Just make sure you don’t stamp your foot accidentally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Do you need anyone to post on guard? Should they be mail or femail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 Yes but they will have to follow their instructions to the letter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 I'll need that in writing. The job sounds a bit manilla for exciting candidates, but we might be able to seal the deal. Will they need to post-age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Ever feel you are being enveloped by bad puns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 Thomas, all the bad ones shipped out an the good ones delivered us a good time! Frazer, yes and they will need their signature upon receiving the job, also we will be tracking their progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I found an interesting ink pen at the flea market just now. It even has ink in it and writes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Does the other end work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 No. I probably paid too much for it at a dollar but he threw in a padlock with no keys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 That’s pretty cool Scott! To bad the other end doesn’t work, I thought someone had taken the time to drill out a real wrench an stick a pen cartridge in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 Howdy all! I hope everyone got their thanksgiving cards by now! I know there was trouble with some of y’all’s getting delayed in the USPS limbo! I wanna let everyone know that my 2-1/2 year old boy Max picked out some really awesome Christmas cards I’m sending to everyone on here this year near a far! Bahaha! The mail man just picked up the first load of em outta the mail box, so y’all all start watching y’all’s mail boxes! if there’s anyone that I haven't a chance to ask an or talk with yet that would like to receive a Christmas card let me know Via PM, Im more than happy to send ya one with the next big batch goin out! I still have another 50 something cards to get done tomorrow I’ll be sending out on Monday so I can just add ya to the list! to everyone outside the US im not sure what all dates y’all celebrate Christmas on so I hope y’all’s arrive in time, all those international cards went out today too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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