pappy1959
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Hi All,
I'm taking a much needed break in the day. Life is too complicated and we seem to make it more and more difficult all the time.
So, I am waxing philosophic.............................
Staring me in my face, from one cabinet here in my office, are the knives shown below. They were all folded up and lined up next to one another. No one could see them but me, and I wasn't even paying attention most of the time.
So, here's to looking at life a little differently.
Making hard times....................... good times.
Making complicated things....................... easier.
And, taking a break to look at some things that are just very beautiful.
There is something very reassuring about holding a good tool in your hand. The feel of the natural handles, the sense of real usefulness in the good steel. It doesn't make me yearn for old times, it helps make me want the best of times to be right now.
Good tools give us a sense of history, but even more, they can give us a feel for the history we can create today.
Now, I'm a pretty bright guy.
I'm also kind of a putz in certain areas.
But put a good tool in my hand, a knife, a carving chisel, a hammer, and things just seem to even out. I can always make something. With a good tool, I can feed my family just like my Dad did and just like his Dad did.
Even the feel of a good keyboard on my way-cool laptop gives me that sense that this little computer is a good tool. With good tools, I can work.
So, enjoy these doc's knives on parade. Then go find some of your own good tools that you may not have looked at for a while. Share them with us here, share them with friends, kids, and even the wives. There is no replacement for good tools. We need them to extend our reach and to make the pictures in our minds really happen.
Please make a post here. If you don't have a picture, tell us about your "best tool" feeling. Post pics if you have them. After a while, I'll throw the numbers in a hat, and super-puppy-dog Ginger will sniff one out. We will find a new home for one of these docs knives. Don't know which one, or who it will go to. They are all great tools.
Hope you can take a minute to chime in and wax-philosophic too.
As always......................
Keep Good Care,
Pappy
Miller Brothers, Meridian USA, Bone handles
Remington UMC, USA, Bone Handles
Miller Brothers, Meridian USA, Bone Handles
Bostwick Braun, Toledo, Ohio, Pearl Handles
Simmons Hardware, Keen Kutter, USA, Pearl Handles
Wragg, Sheffield, Bone Handles
Cattaraugus, USA, Bone Handles
Serpentine Ulster, USA, pearl handles
Serpentine Cattaraugus, USA, ebony handles
Remember when you wax philosophic, it really doesn't have to make any sense. LOL
I'm taking a much needed break in the day. Life is too complicated and we seem to make it more and more difficult all the time.
So, I am waxing philosophic.............................
Staring me in my face, from one cabinet here in my office, are the knives shown below. They were all folded up and lined up next to one another. No one could see them but me, and I wasn't even paying attention most of the time.
So, here's to looking at life a little differently.
Making hard times....................... good times.
Making complicated things....................... easier.
And, taking a break to look at some things that are just very beautiful.
There is something very reassuring about holding a good tool in your hand. The feel of the natural handles, the sense of real usefulness in the good steel. It doesn't make me yearn for old times, it helps make me want the best of times to be right now.
Good tools give us a sense of history, but even more, they can give us a feel for the history we can create today.
Now, I'm a pretty bright guy.
I'm also kind of a putz in certain areas.
But put a good tool in my hand, a knife, a carving chisel, a hammer, and things just seem to even out. I can always make something. With a good tool, I can feed my family just like my Dad did and just like his Dad did.
Even the feel of a good keyboard on my way-cool laptop gives me that sense that this little computer is a good tool. With good tools, I can work.
So, enjoy these doc's knives on parade. Then go find some of your own good tools that you may not have looked at for a while. Share them with us here, share them with friends, kids, and even the wives. There is no replacement for good tools. We need them to extend our reach and to make the pictures in our minds really happen.
Please make a post here. If you don't have a picture, tell us about your "best tool" feeling. Post pics if you have them. After a while, I'll throw the numbers in a hat, and super-puppy-dog Ginger will sniff one out. We will find a new home for one of these docs knives. Don't know which one, or who it will go to. They are all great tools.
Hope you can take a minute to chime in and wax-philosophic too.
As always......................
Keep Good Care,
Pappy
Miller Brothers, Meridian USA, Bone handles
Remington UMC, USA, Bone Handles
Miller Brothers, Meridian USA, Bone Handles
Bostwick Braun, Toledo, Ohio, Pearl Handles
Simmons Hardware, Keen Kutter, USA, Pearl Handles
Wragg, Sheffield, Bone Handles
Cattaraugus, USA, Bone Handles
Serpentine Ulster, USA, pearl handles
Serpentine Cattaraugus, USA, ebony handles
Remember when you wax philosophic, it really doesn't have to make any sense. LOL
