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  • Kureishi's words came back to me as I watched the procession of shortlisted writers in shiny shoes and black tie make their way to the podium to collect hand-tooled editions of their work from Man Booker's representative at the Guildhall last Tuesday.

    The Booker prize is just another flea circus for writers Robert McCrum 2010

  • And what you find when you take such encounters seriously is that every last one must be hand-tooled.

    Robert Redick, author of The Red Wolf Conspiracy: The Chathrand Voyage, answers our questions 2010

  • Inside was a gigantic fancy silver-and-gold championship belt buckle with a hand-tooled brown-and-black leather belt, from the PRCA Midwest Circuit, for first place in bull riding, inscribed to Mason “Mad Dog” Dawson.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • I even got the presents I wanted most: an Easy-Bake Oven and a beautiful hand-tooled red leather diary with its very own lock and key.

    The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

  • An artist spent a year hand-carving three wood mantels featuring wagon trains, elk and bears and a local saddle maker hand-tooled the deer hide bar in the saloon.

    A Lodge in Oklahoma Sarah Tilton 2011

  • Inside was a gigantic fancy silver-and-gold championship belt buckle with a hand-tooled brown-and-black leather belt, from the PRCA Midwest Circuit, for first place in bull riding, inscribed to Mason “Mad Dog” Dawson.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • I even got the presents I wanted most: an Easy-Bake Oven and a beautiful hand-tooled red leather diary with its very own lock and key.

    The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

  • Glodell packs the film with a wired, spontaneous energy, and doubles-down on the rough, hand-tooled feel by having a hand in the building of the film's flame-throwers and cars, as well as the home-made lens system used to shoot the footage.

    Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: Evan Glodell on Bellflower Dan Persons 2011

  • The next day I bought five hand-tooled leather journals from a bookbinder named Ustino and began writing in one of them at Locanda Cipriani, a restaurant in a quince orchard on a tiny island called Torcello.

    My Perfect Honeymoon (That I Spent Alone) Jennifer Belle 2011

  • Leslie Gregory An artist spent a year hand-carving three wood mantels featuring wagon trains, elk and bears and a local saddle maker hand-tooled the deer hide bar in the saloon.

    Oklahoma Log House 2011

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