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I guess it has something to do with how small your pen is? eerrr I mean your brush... I mean painting!
I usually just support my hand with my other hand, but sometimes I will use a malstick, I have a 3 piece screw together one I keep in my kit and I usually only use 2 pieces, I suppose most of my work is small. Is it true what thay say about those walldogs, having huge malsticks???
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Bii Ridel has a huge one and he is almost as old as Si... he still uses it all the time too.
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I have one I made out of 3/4" PVC with a tennis ball attached to it. At the time, I need one for several 4 X 8 banners I was working on. Never seen a real one, so I made it myself. Took it to the Mars Meet and Don Eckland saw it and had a field day with it!! It was soo cool! I was embaressed at first, but he had such a good time "showing it off"!! That mellowed me out.
To make along story short, I made Don sign it. I've then cleared over his signiture, and it is one of my favorite, coolest tools yet. Got a "real one" these days, but anytime I see it, I think of Don!! Watching him make fun of me is a moment I'll never forget!
Don, where ever the $%^&$ you're at, you made a lasting impression on me of the Letterhead Movement that I'll never forget! You are soo cool!
Hope ypur doing well Buddy!
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My mahl stick is so small, I only use it to sign checks...and it's so old and worn, it tends to bend in the middle now when I attempt to use it.
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Bet you never heard of this one! Beats a malstick on every job.
You can pull straight paint lines with it, set it in wet painted area without disturbing the paint,can be used on any type of surface. light weight,it can have a rubber heel or point contact.
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The average size of my work is 8'x16'; lettering ranging from 2" to 24"...have never used a mahlstick. I found that if I move fast enough, there is no opportunity for squiggly lines...(not that squiggly lines are bad, Dan)
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I used a long crowbar in my younger years then switched to an arrow shaft with one of my spent arrows. now in my later years I use a shaft from a 9 iron.
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Seriously, I have one of those 3 piece aluminum deals, and only use two sections of it 'cause I lost the third
I'd love one of those Royal Shafts, though. Anyone seen these? They're like racing mahlsticks, made out of carbon fibre, hardly have any flex and are BUILT FOR SPEED, BABY!!!!
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I don't got no mallstick and I don't go to the mall but I had a Mahlstick, once. When I went to work for a billboard company during my apprentice days I was told to put it away and never let it be seen again. I guess that was because it wasn't need to do big a$$ letters and pictorials. Several years later I did use a broomstick with a cutter tied and taped to the end of it. I was trying to finish up a job in downtown Peoria,Illinois where I was re-painting a theatre marquee. I had my 55' snorkel out to the limit and a 10' step ladder tied off to the bucket and using the broom (mahlstick)I almost finished it off but had to go back and work off of a 75' pick (skyhook). Got r' done. Only time I really used one on purpose was on a window gold leaf or small copy office door. Used one to stir the coals in my bar-b que.
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JON..speakin of BBQ's and Mahlsticks...These are smallish "mahlsticks", but the method illustrated is priceless!!!
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Hey Dawud, stop by anytime, we can talk shop, and I will show you my Mahlstick.
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Ricky, is that a mahl stick in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Marcia
Seriously, we did have a question for you...we are considering Kelly's meet and thought you might be able to advise...If I carry a mahl stick over the border would it be considered "packing"?
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Like Bob, my mahlstick is purple, sometimes. Other times it is red, yellow and green. Its really too big and I should have a smaller one, but I would miss the big one. I keep mine in a special place and only use it for special occasions. One day I was using it and someone saw it and said, "Oh my goodness, thats the biggest one Ive ever seen!" Im proud of my mahlstick, you should be too.
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purple eh...i suppose it has veins running thru it too?...like that faux marble...of course.
ricky...you didn't do anything worse than any of the rest of us. not sure why steph or stephen chose to single you out and not the rest of us. that's their problem, don't sweat it.
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Man am I disappointed. I thought this thread was going to be along the lines of "what color is your parachute" but instead it's actually about mahlsticks. Whodathunkit?
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inuendo? I don't see anyone using any inuendo in this post at all...except Ricky obviously.
well anyway... like I said my mahlstick is adjustable and has an attachable pallette. I keep it tucked away until I need to use it. I left it out once and Kimmy grabbed it and started smacking it around, I told her it was not a toy, and it was a that it needs to be used properly by a trained professional, and that smacking it around my cause damage. I knew a guy who use to pauint signs a few towns over and he left his laying around anywhere, I was at his shop one time and accidental knocked it over and it fell hit his cat that was sleeping nearby.
Oh yeah btw... mine is silver, of course.
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Oh and btw.... Also don't try eating PB&J while using your mahlstick, cuz you will get it all sticky, trust me I know!
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I had to duct tape mine...It's homemade. It's also got a little curve to it...I just use that to my advantage!
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