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276914 Richard Wilson <yorkshireman@y...> 2023‑01‑19 The Designer/maker of Ludlow and Blunt (slightly off topic?)
Tie your socks on with string...

If you go to 

https://davidadriansmith.com/movies/


And watch the film about the New York Barbershop sign.  

which is also referenced from 
https://www.handover.co.uk/blog/ 


Your socks will be blown off - unless you heeded the above warning.  


We talk about craftsmanship and skill as it pertains to our own corner of skills
and knowledge of technique as it was practiced years back, but here is a man who
has skill and knowledge in spades.  I found it highly inspirational, seeing the
degree of detail and the focus on producing perfection.

Back to my scruffy workshop, where an old motor needs a new capacitor to let me
try and reproduce 1200 year old goods.  Maybe I should just work the original
way.  Any ideas on working bone purely by hand?


Richard Wilson
Yorkshireman Galoot - saluting hand skill in whatever form it takes.




-- 
Yorkshireman Galoot
in the most northerly county, farther north even than Yorkshire
IT #300

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