Great piece! And I love the bowl and Shiva statue on top of it. Classy!!!
They're both called 'cross cut" saws, and they're for 'bucking' logs-- for cutting perpendicular to the grain, and chopping up larger logs /...
Will do! Gonna try a restoring strategy first. Then I'll put em (and another one I have ) on there.
(Meant to say thanks earlier to AJ for researching too.)
Thanks for the identification help Evely and Bronwen. It was in with a bunch of hand tools (ie. saws, screwdrivers, etc) but looked much culinary...
Thanks for the advice Frank and Davey.
Thanks! Lots of logging history up here in the Pacific Northwest. Some people actually use vintage and antique hand tools, but far more common is...
Online this is variously described as a cheese cutter and a vegetable chopper. Which is it? Also, any advice for a quick(er) way to restore /...
Hopefully you got it for less than $32 ;)
Great books @Ex Libris!
Offer $250, or ask if they ever do trades, or partial trades plus cash, and use it as an opportunity to get rid of something you like less.
Agree: Makah / Nu-Chul-Nuth.
I think that, "my glee in providing actual verifiable facts in response will be directly proportionate to any base or unwarranted insults to...
I like your prose stylings! Quite enjoyable.
That surface almost looks organic, almost looks like leather.... I'd totally leave it 'as-found.'
And one more comment: I sometimes use a very bright flashlight (a bicycle headlight, actually) to search for a signature. There have been times...
....and that would not be the first time that was true!!
It's very autumnal, darkening and moody. I like it, and the price was great. Removing varnish, in my experience, is a more difficult thing than...
Wow--- that's an old bayonet then. Thanks for the info @the blacksmith!
Interesting update @faculty527. Thanks!
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