Essential items found in the Letterpress Composing Room.
We stock, as available, used HiSpeed quoins. The smaller 3", 4 1/2" and 6" quoins are hard to find. 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 HiSpeed quoins that were stored unused in a shop for many years--see the first two items on the "Specials" tab.
We are currently without a source for new leads and slugs.