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Deckle Edge Prints
Can anyone tell me how this effect was achieved on very old photographs?
Special scissors/shears/guillotine? I supposed it was a pair of shears or scissors with specially cut blades. It would be rather nice to re-finish some prints this way, if the edge can be applied simply with a cutter. |
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I think they used special trimmer, at one time Firstcall used to sell a deckle edge trimmer, Richard
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Lion Framers sell deckle edge rulers. I have one and it is very effective. They are just stainless rulers with a 'wavy' edge and you tear the paper along it. Regards, Paul |
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Neil, there are quite a few different 'decorative edge' scissors and trimmers on the market. Example HERE. They are readily available from good art/craft shops.
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I recently acquired a small guillotine that was specifically designed for cutting deckled edges - No maker's name on it, and no idea when it was manufactured (I suspect it was before I was born...).
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I see that ebay has deckle-edge scissors, okay for en-prints.
I was going to see what sorts of corners I could get. Surely transparent photo corners are better? The traditional albums are best, because those self-adhesive ones make such a mess of your prints. Just like the way old Sellotape marks paper & card. BTW: We have in our collection of biscuit tins prints that look little more than contact-prints. Maybe that was the way before WW2? When you got a film developed what you got back were cut & trimmed contact-prints? I know that the camera responsible was a 6x9 on 120 'Mayfair' box camera by Houghton-Butcher. I inherited it, many moons ago & the rot started from there. Last edited by Neil Purling; 31st March 2011 at 08:54 AM. |
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Neil, firstcall-photographic.co.uk have a rotatrim trimmer which has a deckle edge trimmer among others,Richard
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Dressmakers pinking shears would give a dekel edge to a print, had a pair many moons ago though one of the kids pinched them for a needle work project and I never got them back.
Paul. |
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In the mid to late 1950s when I shot about two films a year paid for by my Dad on his old 6x9 folder, I don't recall getting anything other than deckle edged contact prints. They were almost standard in those days.
They do look nice or very "kitsch" depending on your viewpoint. Easier to handle though with a deckled edge. Mike |
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