G. Goffsehalk's Wonderful Handmade Stair / Kerfing Saw (with Excellent Corrected E) italian marquetry I didn't want to do

I didn't want to do it myself

just the right size to carry around in one's pocket with small necessities inside

This wonderful tiny hedgehog reminds me of Walter Bosse's mid-c nesting hedgehog ashtrays

Lithography I believe (or possibly a linocut

Last photo is with 1940s Scheier mug

G. Goffsehalk's Wonderful Handmade Stair / Kerfing Saw (with Excellent Corrected E) italian marquetry I didn't want to doAmong my very favorite recent finds, especially for the pin prick style lettering spelling out the maker owner of this antique saw's name, and most especially for them having taking the care to correct a not quite right first attempt at the "e" in Goffsehalk, carving the wood a bit deeper there to allow for a second try. I have found other early examples of saws of this shape called both kerfing and stair (dado) saws, the earliest examples seeming to