Comments on: Airport J http://end-grain.net/?p=1675 A wood Type and Letterpress blog Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Christopher http://end-grain.net/?p=1675&cpage=1#comment-2972 Christopher Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:32:03 +0000 http://end-grain.net/?p=1675#comment-2972 A real beauty. I love these pieces that bear their production markings so readily. I also recognise that feeling of wanting to retain the original surface quality of the wood, but it seems a little perverse really - these things were made to get inky, and as you know, they develop more character as they build up a much richer patina through use, but it is hard to be the first to 'break in' a virgin block. I also have a few unused blocks, and cannot yet bring myself use them. I will, of course, but I'm not quite ready for that... A real beauty. I love these pieces that bear their production markings so readily. I also recognise that feeling of wanting to retain the original surface quality of the wood, but it seems a little perverse really – these things were made to get inky, and as you know, they develop more character as they build up a much richer patina through use, but it is hard to be the first to ‘break in’ a virgin block.

I also have a few unused blocks, and cannot yet bring myself use them. I will, of course, but I’m not quite ready for that…

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