OK Happy Holidays first off. Its Bigfoot days in Camp.
Actual Bigfoot days.
  It was entirely wonderful, if you like that kind of thing.
  Old friends and neighbors and practically anybody you talk to, you are 
glad you did.
  Just about nobody you didn't want to talk to either.
  Bigfoot Days.
  I soaked up some hugs, boys and girls. And I needed them... bad.
   You know, when the Godfather says......one day I am going to need a 
favor".............
  So I just kind of went around and "collected".  I got to hold many 
many women that I love.
whew

  Anyway, I finished a trinket inbetween excursions to the party grounds.

So, the general surgeon who recently changed my life?
  Carved a hideous alien off my face?
  Took all the cancer off, and left perfectly clean margins all around?
  Then sewed the skin graft like the most gifted plastic surgeon on the 
planet?
Yeah him

  He thought he did it all for nothing.
   Or almost the same as nothing (poverty insurance).
     He was wrong. He doesn't know it yet, but he was wrong.

   This is a surgeons #12 blade shape.  They use different blades, and a 
12 is pretty damn big.  There are plenty bigger, but an 8 or 10 is the 
most commonly used.

  Stainless, brass, ebony.

  Its not quite finished. I still have to cut 3 fairly deep grooves 
right across it, on each side. Near the first rivet, for grip.

    I'd rather have Peter McBride's hand on the file while I do it. :)
  But mine all I have handy.

   Figured,........ I might as well take a picture while its still safe, 
...... right?

"Steve the Knife" is going to love it whether the grooves are perfect or 
not.  He won't have any idea they could have been --more-- perfect, 
right ? :)


  The point of the story?

     If you aren't playing for keeps, what are you playing for?

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  yours Scott





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Simply beautiful.
He'll treasure it more than any amount of $$.
Cheers,
Wes

That is a beautiful scalpel!  He will wish he could use it during surgery. Very
well executed and worth more than any insurance payment.

Strong work!

Brent K

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On Aug 31, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Wesley Groot  wrote:

> Simply beautiful.
> He'll treasure it more than any amount of $$.
> Cheers,
> Wes
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"If you aren't playing for keeps, what are you playing for?"

This is Truth.

rock harris
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obsolete machinery
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Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.


On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 8:47 PM, scott grandstaff 
wrote:

> OK Happy Holidays first off. Its Bigfoot days in Camp.
> Actual Bigfoot days.
>  It was entirely wonderful, if you like that kind of thing.
>  Old friends and neighbors and practically anybody you talk to, you are
> glad you did.
>  Just about nobody you didn't want to talk to either.
>  Bigfoot Days.
>  I soaked up some hugs, boys and girls. And I needed them... bad.
>   You know, when the Godfather says......one day I am going to need a
> favor".............
>  So I just kind of went around and "collected".  I got to hold many many
> women that I love.
> whew
>
>  Anyway, I finished a trinket inbetween excursions to the party grounds.
>
> So, the general surgeon who recently changed my life?
>  Carved a hideous alien off my face?
>  Took all the cancer off, and left perfectly clean margins all around?
>  Then sewed the skin graft like the most gifted plastic surgeon on the
> planet?
> Yeah him
>
>  He thought he did it all for nothing.
>   Or almost the same as nothing (poverty insurance).
>     He was wrong. He doesn't know it yet, but he was wrong.
>
>   This is a surgeons #12 blade shape.  They use different blades, and a 12
> is pretty damn big.  There are plenty bigger, but an 8 or 10 is the most
> commonly used.
>
>  Stainless, brass, ebony.
>
>  Its not quite finished. I still have to cut 3 fairly deep grooves right
> across it, on each side. Near the first rivet, for grip.
>
>    I'd rather have Peter McBride's hand on the file while I do it. :)
>  But mine all I have handy.
>
>   Figured,........ I might as well take a picture while its still safe,
> ...... right?
>
> "Steve the Knife" is going to love it whether the grooves are perfect or
> not.  He won't have any idea they could have been --more-- perfect, right ?
> :)
>
>
>  The point of the story?
>
>     If you aren't playing for keeps, what are you playing for?
>
> http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/scalpel
3.jpg">http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/scalpel3.jp
g
>
> http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/scalpel
4.jpg">http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/scalpel4.jp
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>
> http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/scalpel
1.jpg">http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/scalpel1.jp
g
>
>  yours Scott
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> *******************************
>    Scott Grandstaff
>    Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
>    scottg@s...
>    http://www.snowcrest.
net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
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rest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html
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>  Old friends and neighbors and practically anybody you talk to, you
> are glad you did.

Sounds really good!

>  Just about nobody you didn't want to talk to either.

Heh, even better.

>  Stainless, brass, ebony.

Scott, you may have outdone even yourself.  This is one beautiful 
surgeon's
tool!  And it's a subtle beauty.  Surgeon's tools as an art form...  You 
may
have opened a whole new field.

Mike in Sacto