Hi  Bob--

On 10/24/07, Bob Passaro  wrote:
> Hi all,
> So I barged in here a little while ago, asking questions and spouting
> off.

Most appropriate.  That's what we're here for.

> took another class, taught by Brian Boggs, the Kentucky chairmaker.

Ooo-ooo.  You know Brian Boggs?  Cool.  Can I sit by you on the porch?
 Chairmaking is one of those things I keep thinking I'm going to do
when I grow up.

> After that, I started poking around, buying a few and fixing them up
> -- often an investment of considerable time -- and I was hooked. I
> have become rather obsessed with old chisels.

Fixing up chisels.  Yeah.  That's what actually brought me out of the
woodwork.  I had a nice evening lately doing just that.  I have been
neglecting the edge tools for so long that they have gradually
migrated over next door to my son's house, and we had an evening when
the wives were busy so we got them out and tried out his new wet
grinder.  It's cool, but I could spend another several days sharping
up tools.  The priorities were the slicks, framing chisels, and
drawknives.  Very satisfying work, and it's really nice to have a tool
that can do hollow grinds on those laminated blades.  Dang, they get
funky after a lifetime or two of use...

Phil Koontz
Flirting with the dark side during the dark months
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