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250523 Thomas Conroy <booktoolcutter@y...> 2014‑09‑22 Re: Son Of Studley Toolchest
Josh Clark wrote:
"I hate to be cynical or rain on 
anybody’s parade. But I call total and utter BS on this one.It’s
 a collection of mediocre tools modified to fit together nicely in this 
cabinet. It looks good at first glance, and the tool geek in me wants it
 to be real, but the just don’t make any sense. It’s a conglomeration of
 tools from all over the world probably spanning 100 years or more. "

OK, I'm convinced. I fell for it completely, but the piano-key dividers are the
point I find utterly convincing. They are so flagrantly new that I even wonder
if he used them to be able to say, if accused of faking an old chest, that it
clearly couldn't be old with those involved---  just a "reimagining."

Is there a line for the spitoon?

Tom Conroy.

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