Good luck Scott!  I hope you're getting worked on by craftsmen who measure up to
the standards you've set. That would be the best.

          and all the best to all galoots, everywhere, gam in OlyWA



How horrible it is to have so many people killed!---And what a blessing one
cares for none of them! 
Jane Austen 

    On Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 12:19:04 PM PST, scottg  wrote:
 
 Just done. This is Bodark wood also called Osage Orange. It is 
ridiculously tough and hard to work. Bodark famously sucks sand as it 
sucks water so its really hard on cutting edges.

Its almost yellow when first made and looks a little like aged boxwood!!
   But its really a dark brown wood and will become that in a few years.

The chisel was made from a file.
Its a crank neck paring chisel which means the chisel lays flat on the 
work with clearance for your hand. Its one of the "magic wands" of 
woodworking.

I have a surgery coming up in a week that will either fix me or kill me 
and I am good with that either way.
  I have been unable to walk and move the way I want to for almost 4 
years. Plugged arteries

Someone is finally going to try and fix that.
His name is David. He worked his way though medical school as a 
carpenter. Not just another rich boy, he earned it.
   I made this chisel for him (I bribe doctors) haahah

http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/bodarkfile1.jpg

yours scott

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