Written with a Strong Hand, 19th Century Penmanship Notebook with Many Good Combinations bottle opener from its original mat

from its original mat

but the more I've thought about it

I've got a predilection for things that possess an internal torque or tension

which I believe are African and made of bone and what appears to be silver or silver plate (it is quite shiny

Written with a Strong Hand, 19th Century Penmanship Notebook with Many Good Combinations bottle opener from its original matThis one was not fully completed, but the ink is so strong, and the hand that wrote it so confident, and the completed pages include some of my favorite work combinations ever: Valentine + Vermilion, Quickener + Quenchers, Yearning + Yawning (and here one Yearling inserted, too), and whole pages of Ordinary and Disclaimer. I'll never get over the delight and resonance of seeing such words repeated over and over again in perfect cursive. 8 3 8" x 6 7