How do I do the fringe?

[steve mason]

use whatever you want! finger's will grow back. just remember " a man who will rent a pig will stop at nothing." Greg

gummy that's the best laugh I've had all day, gotta like Gus.

that reminds of a favorite quote of my wifes

"Never try to teach a pig to sing:

it just frustrates you and annoys the pig"

[Windy]

gummy that's the best laugh I've had all day, gotta like Gus.

that reminds of a favorite quote of my wifes

"Never try to teach a pig to sing:

it just frustrates you and annoys the pig"

Funny how one quote makes one think of another quote. After reading

your wife's quote I am reminded of "you can not teach an old dog new tricks"

which reminds me of another quote " better to say nothing and let them

think you a fool , than open your mouth and prove it"

WINDY

[tonyc1]

The international nature of the board means there are bound to be issues of nomenclature and semantics.

We, here in the UK have been 'Hoovered' and 'Fridged' and 'Xeroxed' into using the term 'Stanley knife' to mean any utility knife. I am aware of other countries having different names for these.

To me, a Stanley Knife is one of those in the pic below. I'm assuming Razor knife and box cutter are variants of the same thing. Might be worth clearing this up.

Oh yeah, what Chuck Burrows said. Nice one Chuck.

I use Irwin blades, reground, resharpened and stropped to a mirror finish. I'm still on my first one..............

Cheers,

Karl

Stanley actually had a factory here in town and only closed down about 10 years ago. They used to make good tools. Do Stanley still make anything around the world?

Tony.

[steve mason]

fool you say, I love being a fool.

Here are a few more quotes from my foolish shop to your foolish shop.

"it takes a lot of pancakes to fill a barn"

"it takes a mighty big chicken to pull a cultivator"

and my favorite foolish tip of all time

"never, I mean never play leapfrog with a unicorn"

Steve

Edited February 26, 2009 by steve mason

[dbusarow]

"it takes a lot of pancakes to fill a barn"

"it takes a mighty big chicken to pull a cultivator"

Steve,

These two quotes made me laugh out loud. I can't figure out what type of situation they'd work in though. Any suggestions? I really want to try them out some time

Dan

[UKRay]

Randy,

I'm grateful for your post and accept your apology without reservation. Like you, I appreciate a good round knife and, after 30 odd years, I know what it can do but I have also seen what other leatherworkers like Luke and the rest can achieve using alternative knives and feel humbled. My work, with or without a round knife, rarely meets their incredibly high standards so please understand that I couldn't let the implied criticizm stand.

People who can make fine saddles will always command my respect; but I feel a large measure of respect is also due to others on this forum. Hopefully, forum members will always want to learn from experienced guys like you and Steve but even suggesting that their fine work is somehow inadequate (either intentionally or unintentionally) is IMHO both hurtful and unworthy.

Ray

[Hennessy]

i wonder what dusty 'd do pete

[bruce johnson]

Pete,

If we were to vote on it, there would be some good company but yours would be the funniest today in my opinion.

[greg gomersall]

i wonder what dusty 'd do pete

probably a circular saw.

[Windy]

fool you say, I love being a fool.

Here are a few more quotes from my foolish shop to your foolish shop.

"it takes a lot of pancakes to fill a barn"

"it takes a mighty big chicken to pull a cultivator"

and my favorite foolish tip of all time

"never, I mean never play leapfrog with a unicorn"

Steve

Steve ,

You may not believe this but first job was filling a barn with pancakes.

I was pretty lucky for two reasons. One it was a small barn and two there

was a IHOP next door.You are right it takes a lot of pancakes to fill even

a small barn and I do not even want to tell you how much maple syrup it

took.

WINDY