Essential items found in the Letterpress Composing Room.
We stock, as available, used HiSpeed quoins and the smaller 3", 4 1/2" and 6" quoins are hard to find. We don't list the 4 1/2" quoin but have a number in stock. We can supply new HiSpeed Quoins made by BarPlate as they took over the line from Challenge Machinery in 1996. The HiSpeed type of quoin was first introduced in 1932 and quickly became the standard quoin used in most U.S. letterpress plants. We have new quoin keys only for the HiSpeed quoins. We do not stock Hemple or any of the 2-part wedge type quoins or quoin keys for these. We also have a stock of new Challenge brand quoins that were stored unused in a shop for many years--see the first two items on the "Specials" tab.
We have relisted the availability of both 2 point leads and slugs from 6 pt to 36 pt, including 12 pt tie up slugs. This product is shipped in packages of 10 pounds each. These ship via Flat Rate US Mail priority boxes, so that the shipping cost can be reasonable especially on larger orders. Leads and slugs are listed at the bottom of this page.