Hey Ilford, Any chance of getting Deckle Edge Cut Paper?

Would you buy deckle edge snapshot sized 4x6 paper RC???

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mshchem

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I love snapshots on the old deckle edged, scalloped paper. Is there any interest? The cost of the cutting might be too much??

Just curious
 

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Not really. I mean it dont particularly bother me but wouldnt get out of my way to buy it, Even less so if there was a premium to pay.
 

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Yes, I'd just get the scissors. Might be a nice effect.
 

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Is there a maximum format from which onwards you no longer find a deckle-edge attractive?

I relate those papers to those postcard or smaller sized prints in albums. But I would not reject a deckled large format.

Ilford has/had a true postcard paper on offer. Why not offering this with deckled edges?
Two niche products combined in one!
 

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I'd buy some deckle edge 4x6 - the scissors just aren't the same look but they or the deckle paper cutters might be the only option for RC paper. I believe a more traditional method is to use a deckle ruler and tear the edge along the ruler. Those would be nice to give to family and hang on the fridge.

I do wish they would also bring back the postcards. They're ideal for.....sending postcards!
 

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It is not that easy to cut an at average straight line with a deckled pair of scissors, then rather use a deckled cutting apparatus.
 

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The crafters are able to buy deckling blades for their crafting paper trimmers.
These corner trimmers look like they could be handy too.
 

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cliveh said:
In England we call them pinking sheers:-

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Hmmm -- we call those pinking shears in the US also, but they are not the pattern I think of when I hear "deckle edge." They produce a very regular, more triangular toothed pattern. Deckle seems like a more random pattern of various sizes of rounded shape. I presume it was inspired by faking the edge of untrimmed paper handmade by the single sheet.

As someone mention upthread, you can get cutters for scrapbook-related rotary trimmers that do more what I think of as a deckle edge. I well remember B&W prints coming back via the drug store with those edges (also with an embossed border sometimes), but I can't say I would rush to produce them today!
 

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These 'deckle' edges are a terrible & very cheesy impersonation of real deckle edges from mould (hand or machine) made paper and can remain in the dustbin of history as far as I am concerned. Much like the attempts made at various textured baryta finishes as opposed to using real mould-made papers (which happened historically for boringly all-too-real politico-economic and chemical engineering reasons).
 

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I have a single box of deckle edge Agfa paper - pretty small (can't recall the size). It's some kind of contact paper - can't recall the name of it.
I have a deckle cutter that I got with a paper trimmer - it's pretty close to the way the Agfa paper looks, actually. I took a photo with a box camera and made a contact print and deckle edged the paper - it looks like it was taken 90 years ago.
 

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Lachlan Young said:
These 'deckle' edges are a terrible & very cheesy impersonation of real deckle edges from mould (hand or machine) made paper and can remain in the dustbin of history as far as I am concerned.
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But even as you dislike these, they were more than a rage and were more than just an impersonation of a handmade paper, as no one expects such paper in postcard size, but instead a design on its own.
 

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Lachlan Young said:
These 'deckle' edges are a terrible & very cheesy impersonation of real deckle edges from mould (hand or machine) made paper and can remain in the dustbin of history as far as I am concerned.
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Good to see a voice of reason and general good taste. "Deckled" edges on RC paper...lmao. It's like the Instagram filters that put sheet film notches along four corners of a 16:9 image along with sprocket holes and some wet plate oyster shell defects along the sides. An abomination, that's what it is.

Sorry about the rather acrid response but come on...

Alright carry on and do what you must! There's no arguing about taste.
 

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koraks said:
"Deckled" edges on RC paper...lmao. It's like the Instagram filters that put sheet film notches along four corners of a 16:9 image along with sprocket holes and some wet plate oyster shell defects along the sides. An abomination, that's what it is.
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You seemingly compare apples to oranges.
As people who apply those filters want their photographs to look like what they thing photographs "back then" looked like.

I very much doubt people who used deckled photo paper thought of handmade papers when they ordered, or most likely just got them in this edge design, as handmade papers still showing such edge were unknown to them.

If I would use it today, my associations would be those old albums I looked through as a child.
 
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I have a "deckle" blade for a cheap rotary trimmer I bought specifically for this effect. It works.
I agree it would be nice to have deckle fiber paper, I think I might be the only person who would buy it.

It would be great to figure out how to get more people printing.

Maybe Fuji will offer deckle edged Instax, You heard it hear first!
 

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Mirko would likely say he would need an additional cutting maschine, that would not be cheap, and that would most time stay in the way in his plant and when used it would be a stepping stone in their paper converting routine.
 
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As sad the heydays for such papers were one and two generations before me. But so far attempts failed to find out for sure the time of their introduction.

Maybe someone with his home full of catalogs can shed light on this.
 

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AgX said:
I very much doubt People who used deckled photo paper thought of handmade papers when they ordered, or most likely just got them in this edge design, as handmade papers yet showing such edge were unknown to them.
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Maybe later in the 20th Century - Funderburk was pretty explicit that the textured surface finishes evolved from mouldmade papers into something that could be produced on baryta coated paper impressed/ debossed with a dandy roll - the 'deckle' cut will have evolved from the same place into a mechanised and regularised impersonation. I think you are underestimating the extent of mould/ handmade paper in commodity uses until at least the mid 20th century. Suitable mould/ handmades are still readily available, are easily handcoated with liquid emulsion & it's not difficult to print postcard accoutrements on the back via letterpress - and the resultant will not look like a chintzy, plastic-y impersonation.
 
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