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265393 Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> 2018‑03‑12 Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II
john, see interspersed.

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 3:55 PM, John Ruth  wrote:

> "Carpe Lapis" - just another example of the intellectual banter that makes
> this Porch such a special place to hang out!
>

 thanks for the compliment.  with my sense of humor (humour, jeff), having
a sharpening stone box that declaims "carpe lapis" would make me laugh
every time i carpe-d it.

I actually did that.  Was walking around the famous Englishtown NJ Flea
> Market with an old buddy when I happened to be the first one to peer into a
> particular box.  Out came a translucent white Arkansas stone, which the
> vendor quoted me at $2. Somebody on this list once said there are no
> friends at a Flea Market or an Auction.  When visiting a Flea together, I
> tell my friends that if they see something they like, they must not put it
> down until they've definitely decided not to buy it, because I'm RIGHT
> BEHIND YOU and it will be gone into my kill bag. There have been "second
> thoughts" situations where somebody grabbed up what I procrastinated over.
> Those memories burn like hot coals.  "Non-buyer's remorse" is even worse
> than Buyer's Remorse!
>

oh, hell yes.  just ask eppler or nicknaylo or other fleabags about "the
kasper fade".  it's yielded me some nice alameda kit (loot, paddy), not
least a $25 miter jack in fine fettle, a $2 stanley 4 1/2, type 9 (wide
smoothing plane, jeff), and a $125 7" columbian blacksmith's post vise, all
of which were paid for before anyone else knew i'd even disappeared.  not
quite steve reynolds and dr. d8 elbowing for witherbys, but you've got the
picture.

i still lament a nice disston panel saw i didn't pick up in time that went
home with greg isola.

So, yeah SIEZE THE STONE!  Most people selling them have no idea what they
> are really worth, and underprice them.
>

again, yes.  my last pike lily white washita came out of a box of various
that other fleabags had handled, but i grabbed it first.  a size 6, 5 3/4"
x 2" x 3/4" with the label on the side and in a dirty box.  underpriced?
yeah, $2 is underpriced.

bill
felton, ca

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