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Whetstone

Object number2018.7.8

Date1976-1978

MediumStone

Credit LineGift of Tim Menees

DescriptionRectangular gray whetstone or sharpening stone. One half is lighter gray and has a more fine surface; this face has brown discolorations and black ink lines and marks. Other half is darker gray and has a more rough surface; this face has a few black ink splotches and white marks.DimensionsLength x Width x Depth: 2.688 x 1.75 x 0.625 in. (6.8 x 4.4 x 1.6 cm)
Historical NotesPart of a collection of supplies used by cartoonist Tim Menees during his career as a cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and as a contributor for the Pittsburgh Quarterly. Menees grew up in Seattle and worked as a reporter and columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer before moving to Pittsburgh in 1976. Menees was the cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette for almost thirty years. Since 2006, he has been a frequent contributor to the Pittsburgh Quarterly. Menees purchased the Pelikan 120 pen (2018.7.3) and this filing rock around 1976-1978 because it could handle India Ink. These were used until about 1990. He stopped using these because of ink spilling. He switched to markers, both Sharpies and other marker-type pens. According to Menees, cartoonists always tried different types of pens to see what worked. He used the larger markers (like 2018.7.2) to shade grey, because brown copies as gray when in black-and-white.

Previous owner Tim Menees

Related institution Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (founded 1927)

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