lydy | It's just so obvious

It's so obvious. Why didn't I think of it before? I can't believe I've never seen a set like that!

Brrzzip. Fast reverse: I've always liked the idea of sealing wax and seals (or signet rings, but let's not get too romantic). In practice, though, the seals are always so banal. A fleur-de-lys? It's pretty, but of what significance is it? I'm not French, and as far as I know, you'd have to go back to the Normans to find any French ancestry. A clover, a flower, the letter H? (The kits with a single, apparently random letter as a seal, baffle me. How many people buy one with a letter that has nothing to do with their name? However, if that never happens, it seems like they wouldn't be selling hardly at all. Typically, I'll find between one and three letters in kits on the shelf at Barnes and Noble.) There are also the too modern (for my tastes), and the disgustingly twee: a heart (with or without an arrow through it), wedding bells, Santa, a mortar board, or a new age looking moon sun icon -- you know which one I mean.

But why, oh why, isn't there the obvious six seal set? A walrus, a carpenter, shoes, ships, cabbages, and kings? The obvious two seal set would be shoes and ships. Oysters might be a nice addition. Now those would suit my fancy to a T. Not a fake coat of arms, an imitation royal seal, someone else's monogram, or even my own monogram if I'm willing to pay an outrageous price for it. No, a Walrus and the Carpenter set would mean something to me. It would have weight. It would have depth. It would have volume. (And mass, and entertainment value.) It would kick ass.

Of course, a jabberwock and a vorpal blade would be kind of cool, too.