Narrow on firm
Knife soles for baked fairways. We will not put them on a golfer who lives in wet clay from March to June.
College Street · Johnson County width board
A sole has a width before it has a story
Press Step inks the ground print a head actually makes on Iowa loess. Finkbine clay grabs a wide flange and laughs at a knife. We map that. We do not recut bounce because a catalog used the word grind.
18 mmNarrow knife we still allow on firm
28 mmFlange that Iowa clay will hold
52240Frost-out weeks that change the print
Loess and frost
Iowa dirt is not a mat
College-town ranges use rubber that never holds a flange. Real Johnson County lies do. A wide sole that looked friendly in a bay becomes a shovel in April clay, then a skip-stone in August hardpan. We press both stories onto film so you can see the width instead of arguing with a bounce stamp.
Maps we pull
Four prints, one board
Wide on soft
Flanges that float. Finkbine in thaw loves them. Coralville in drought does not.
Camber is not width
A curved sole can print narrow and still have bounce. We separate the two on paper so they stop borrowing each other’s alibis.
Hybrid prints
Rescue soles are their own animal. We map them against the 4-iron they keep trying to replace.
What we will not grind
No bounce theater
Allentown bending benches and Eugene face mills do useful work. They are not this board. If you want a stamp changed so a party can see sparks, walk. If you want a print, sit.
“Film does not care what the cavity claims. It cares what the clay held.”
Owen Brist · Ink and board
Suite 1
Hold a press hour
Tuesday through Friday the board runs 10 to 6. Saturday is the long maps. Sunday is short films only. Monday the ink dries in the jar. Write desk@presssteplab.shop. Owen answers; the calendar does not lock itself.