Good Afternoon
I am a stranger in these forums, what brings me here, is the desire to understand how to translate a peculiar English phrase into Latin.
I am a bookbinder here at Downside Abbey in Somerset UK.
I wish to give as a present to an aspiring bookbinder, a knife sharpening kit, a sharp knife is a necessity to a binder, and it can be a particularly exasperating skill to master.
The title of the lady in question is Dr.Wendy Creed. I have some very little knowledge of Latin. I believe a bookbinder...or "One who glues books" is called a glutinator (fem) or glutinatoris (masc.), also that the Latin for a sharp knife is cultellus...and that is about where my understanding ceases, which must seem lamentable to the learned scholars present.
What I wish to be able to put in Latin is something to the effect:
A Bookbinders Knife Sharpening Kit for Dr. Wendy Creed from her friend Richard.
I would be extremely grateful for your assistance in this rather obscure project.
Sincerely Yours.
Richard Norman