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<p>[QUOTE="Houseful, post: 5688406, member: 1067"]I did try to decipher the text myself (failed) and I was told by someone a bit better informed than me that some of the spellings were odd and she just got stuck. I took the word Knisner as woodpecker because it was similar to Knysna and thought the person was Dan Balt. Think I got Forest correct. I would like to know more about it, thought maybe the recipient was given something like a key to the workshop in the box.</p><p>I was going to contact a shoe museum here in U.K. but the website was down being reconstructed at that time and then I forgot about it so I’ll see if it’s up and running again.</p><p>It’s hanging up here, one I want to keep as I think it’s special too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Houseful, post: 5688406, member: 1067"]I did try to decipher the text myself (failed) and I was told by someone a bit better informed than me that some of the spellings were odd and she just got stuck. I took the word Knisner as woodpecker because it was similar to Knysna and thought the person was Dan Balt. Think I got Forest correct. I would like to know more about it, thought maybe the recipient was given something like a key to the workshop in the box. I was going to contact a shoe museum here in U.K. but the website was down being reconstructed at that time and then I forgot about it so I’ll see if it’s up and running again. It’s hanging up here, one I want to keep as I think it’s special too.[/QUOTE]
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