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From: oldtools-bounces@r...
[mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of
nicknaylo@a...
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:27 PM
To: OldTools@r...
Subject: Re: [OldTools] marking knives

> I keep a Schrade Old Timer in my pocket at all times, though it is
> making modern life more difficult (I head into state buildings pretty
> regularly)

Are they afraid you'll hijack the building with your mighty pen knife?  <eye
roll>  <insert reference to death of common sense>

> Anyone else have an pencil sharpener in the house?

Yup.  When we moved into our first house (built circa 1928), there was an
old Boston hand-cranked job hanging on the wall down in a pantry/closet in
the basement.  I liked it so much, I took it with me when we moved.  I've
had it ever since and installed it in every house we've had since.

> Where did you put it?

Current house - it's on the railing of the little deck/porch structure in
the garage.  The way our house is built, the garage floor is about 2-3 feet
lower than the house floor, so when you go out the family room door into the
garage, there is a little landing there, with steps going down to the left.
I screwed the sharpener down onto the flat railing on the landing.  Seems a
good location.  It doesn't seem to get that much use anymore, though - wifey
bought a `lectric sharpener that lives upstairs in the kids' playroom, and
they use that all the time now.

- Bill

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