Balance Toys

Santa Riding Rudolph

 
Hand cut from heavy sheet metal, hand painted in richly crackled, distressed paint.
Using sharp chisels, craftsmen cut the steel plate into shape and hammer the edges.
Village painters hand paint faces and important details. Apprentices do base paint and more mundane details.
The distressed finish is the result of an old and proven system of combined layers of paint of slightly different composition.
The final step is a hand rub with dark colored beeswax giving it the final finsh and feel. In the manner of their antique predecessors, our balance toys are true originals

Balance toys were originally called skyhooks, simple counter-weighted toys which could be set on a shelf or the rim of a table, and set in motion to everyone’s delight and amazement.

It all goes back to childhood memories. Grown men buying sailboats, old-timer cars, and old biplanes. Guided and inspired by adventure books they read when they were boys.

All of our balance toys come with a numbered tag
All designs are copyrighted by AM.

9 x 4.25 x 20.5