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Everyone needs a Sign
« on: March 31, 2010, 08:54:57 PM »
This came in the post on Monday.  It was done by Andy Walker of the Colonial Sign Co.  Andy and I spent a lot of time trading ideas.  The lock area is of the John Schneider Mar.19th 1776 rifle.  I thought that rifle appropriate as John was my GGGGrandfather.

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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2010, 10:04:07 PM »
 Really cool sign, looks well done.

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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2010, 10:44:53 PM »
Great idea and sign.  I'll have to make one for me to attach to the top of my mailbox. 
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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2010, 11:09:31 PM »
Unfortunately for me, most of the time, it's...."here's your sign"
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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2010, 11:32:50 PM »
 ;D ;D
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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2010, 05:00:36 AM »
Nice,
Where will it hang and is it single or double sided?
It would look good swinging from an elevated sign post

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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2010, 09:43:34 AM »
I would like a nice sign like that.  Unfortunately, i don't know what business I would put on it.  I do so many things.   

Mark E.

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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2010, 01:39:28 PM »
That is a beautiful piece of work .
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keweenaw

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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2010, 04:50:10 PM »
This sign is single sided.  I'll hang it in my shop and in our booth at Friendship when I'm there in the spring and on a bracket on my table at CLA.  I had thought about putting it over the door of my shop but don't want to invite the local break and enter crowd to visit.

Tom

keweenaw

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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2010, 04:54:40 PM »
Mark,

Lots of colonial signs didn't really specify business types.  I wanted a pictorial trade sign but look at Andy's site http://colonialamericansigncompany.com/tavern.html?cPath=23  lots of neat pictorial ideas with no clear trade specified.

Tom

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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2010, 06:58:09 PM »
Thats a work or art, heck I'd hang that in the living room!

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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2010, 09:43:53 PM »
If you are like at least one member, you could hang it in your livingroom AND over your workbench.  ;D

Nice sign.
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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2010, 03:55:44 PM »
  :o ;D ;D ;)
But I am going to hang one above the door to my new shop upstairs .... maybe as the first step in remodeling???
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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2010, 10:14:09 PM »
I am an artist and have dabbled in colonial signage... I love the whimsy and folk art aspect of this art... very nice.

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Re: Everyone needs a Sign
« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2010, 03:26:59 AM »
nice sign, I also recommend Brandyn Charlton for your 18th century signage needs.