So it has been a while since my last post about Box ON. But I have a terrible secret... and guilt.
As a result of a very generous gift from Fish Below the Ice, I am in possession of the following:
If you're new to letterboxing or stamp carving (ie. post-2010?) you won't have any idea what is in that photo. Maybe even if you are a long term boxer, you won't have seen this in a while... that right there is both white and orange PZ Kut.
I don't know all the lore of the PZ Kut, but from what I have gleaned over the years, it was a pretty devastating blow to the stamp carving community when it was discontinued. I started boxing and carving *just* after the two formulas disappeared...
The reasons for its discontinuance also seem somewhat a mystery to me: I think I understand that there was a component of the formulation (unicorn blood?) that is no longer allowed to be used....
In any event, I've been gifted with this amazing stash that I morally should put this to good use - I should not squander the opportunity. But I am in complete mental deadlock. Part of my concern is that I might like it - but then never have it again! Opposite concern: that I really *won't* like it, and have taken the opportunity to carve it away from someone who does (or face a lynch-mob of people who disagree with me).
Here are the options:
- Carve both the white and orange to contribute to the carving material comparison reviews (I believe Fish implied that's what they're for).
- Regift (I think Fiddleheads would bear me a child for this stuff)
- Carve both as contribution carves for this year's Box ON
- Continue to hoard them until I have better information...
So. Thoughts? Advice please!
