I had an e-mail out of the blue from a gentlemen, formerly from Manchester, now living in Arizona, USA, who had found me through a post I had written in way back in 2012 http://itsallfiddlefart.blogspot.com/2010/12/fine-tip-glue-applicators-by-anne-peak.html praising Anne Peak’s Fine Tip Glue Applicator. He too was a fan but sadly they are no longer available and was asking if I had found/used anything that could compare.
Sadly, at first, I was unable to help him, I too am clinging on to my last four bottles for grim death as nothing I have tried comes anywhere close to the originals. All my treated pins that came with them are all bent and misshapen, but I can’t let them go, in fact in the good old days Anne even sold the spare pins as well, of which I bought many.
However, my curiosity piqued I decided to do a bit of Googling myself, just in case and that’s when I found these …………
…….. http://www.worldofmyownminiatures.co.uk/finetipglueapplicator.html, apart from the design on the bottles they look identical, even down to the distinctive pin. They have the same capacity 30mls and cost £3.35 each plus P & P.
I got in contact and subsequently ordered four for me and four to send to Ernie in the USA. I will let you know how I get on with them when they arrive, but I thought it might be worth a heads up to others who might feel the same about these bottles. World of Miniatures tell me that they don’t have an endless supply and when they are gone, they are gone and that they can supply small orders but not large numbers. I think with care, my four new bottles will last for as long as I craft and the pins, in particular, will be soooooooo carefully looked after.
NB: Ernie had a copy of the original instructions, the bottles should be kept upside down, so that’s something else I will seriously take to heart. Happy days!
