I own several palette knives but none have the same ‘feel’ as this one that I have had since 1989. There’s something different about the metal and it simply seems to move well under my hand. I use it almost daily and have had a good few panic attacks when I’ve not been able to immediately find it at the end of a session.

The old sewing needle etches detail well and sometimes used to inscribe text, and the now-very-blunt clay tool works well for scraping the edges from my textured figures.

Old and weathered simple things that I’d feel lost without.

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