On Fri, 03 Oct 1997 14:52:57 -0400, Patrick Leach wrote:
>So, when did it dawn on you that you were given to fits of
>handtool fundamentalism?
>
> My first spasm was Christmas 1961, a few years before the birth
>of the Rankin/Bass classic, Rudolph the Red-nose Reindeer, when
>Jolly Ol' St. Nick gave me a carpenter's belt full of tools . . . .
A few years before that, when I was 6 or 7, St. Nick gave me a metal
carpenter's toolbox with a little saw, screwdriver, hammer, etc. I
managed to test out the saw and the hammer/screwdriver (aka chisel) on my
nice new pine desk and dresser set. After that, the tools were only to
be used under supervision.
At some point when I was 10-12, my uncle gave me a German carving set
with interchangeable gouges, chisels, and an X-acto type handle. Not
having a dad with tool capability (and lacking any wood to carve except
the one block Uncle Dick sent -- where would a kid get a board in
Manhattan?), this went mostly unused.
In Boy Scouts, I whittled a neckerchief thingie with a face on it!
Finally, a galoot project completed!
-- Michael D. Sullivan, Bethesda, Md., USA
-- Email: mds@a..., avogadro@w...
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