Gentle Galoots,

Ron Harper talked about what to use for a cutter for a marking gauge. Here's a
picture of a marking knife I made from an ordinary hacksaw blade. The handle is
cherry, and I used cutler's rivets from Lee Valley.

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The blade is thin and flexible, and has a single bevel. It works well in tight
spaces.

My adult son has gotten interested in quality kitchen knives. For his Christmas
present I bought a chef knife kit from Woodcraft and put some rosewood scales on
it:

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That rosewood came to me from Galootaclaus a few year's back. Galootaclaus told
me he bought it in a shop in Cairo, Egypt.

--
Chuck Taylor
north of Seattle