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btb01 said:
Folks here might not know it, but Charlie’s just as well-known over on HammerForums as he is here, and his TC framing hammers go for big bucks on the secondary market! 🔨😉😁
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Where can I get one of these hammers!!!???!!!
 
Hello all. I find this very interesting. I'm 60 years old now.
My grandfather was a Mexican-American waterman (shrimpper) and net maker in TX. He died probably around +/- 1985. He was around 80. He/his family were what some might call poor. He worked with his hands and a knife all his life. Some of my earliest memories are of him mending nets with his small.knife and a whetstone within arms reach. He'd use those knives until they were like toothpicks.
I treasure those memories. Having that family background reminds me of where my people come from and how they lived their lives. It helps to give me a humble spirit.
God has blessed me and I have had opportunities in my life that have allowed me to live well and afford "nice" things, including knives (which I really enjoy).
I'm not even sure what I'm trying to say.
I'm "happy" to have/use nice knives.
I do have a charitable heart and sympathy for those less fortunate.
Sorry for the long, rambling post. But, this kind of topic is sensitive to me.
Best regards and God bless.
 
Peregrin said:
Now that's a hammer! :D ;)
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Well, let’s get folksy 😃.
If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between
My brothers and my sisters
All over this land, uh
If I had a bell
I'd ring it in the morning
I'd ring it in the evening
All over this land
I'd ring out danger
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between
My brothers and my sisters
All over this land, oh
If I had a song
I'd sing it in the morning
I'd sing it in the evening
All over this land
I'd sing out danger
I'd song of out a warning
I'd sing out love between
My brothers and my sisters
All over this land, oh
Well, I've got a hammer
And I've got a bell
And I've got a song to sing
All over this land
It's the hammer of justice
It's the bell of freedom
It's a song about love between
My brothers and my sisters
All over this land
It's a hammer of justice
It's a bell of freedom
It's a song about love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
 
During my teens I spent 4 years in Bolivia among an indigenous tribe known as Chiquitanos. Grass huts with dirt floors. A very simple existence where the majority of one’s time was spent concentrating on growing a few vegetables in a jungle clearing, gathering fruit from native trees and hunting local game for meat. Out of the 80 or so inhabitants of the village there may have been three or four firearms. They were all single shot 22 rifles. The young males all carried a homemade slingshot carved of wood with rubber strips harvested from the occasional motorcycle or car tire innertube left by someone traveling through. Every adult male carried a single fixed blade in the form of a rather generic machete. I never once saw a folding knife among them. All things being relative, their “wants” were relegated to their environment as are ours.

In the high jungle of north central Bolivia there were peoples unacquainted with civilization even then (1969 -1973). This is a fixed blade found on the jungle floor that had been fashioned by a member of one of these tribes. I suppose they acquired the metal from sites of gas and oil exploration in their area.694DD518-BDB0-4272-9922-9551B82412BD_1_201_a.jpeg
 
Relevancy is dependent upon usage and tasks.
Some use their knife for more than opening mail, slicing an apple or trimming thread from garments. And size matters especially for larger tasks. And edge retention is a must for tough materials used in large jobs.

I believe it’s best to match the knife with the task and you get a more harmonious outcome.
 
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