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It followed me home thread
tattoo dave:
Haven’t measured the tent yet, but it’s about 10x12.
Tattoo Dave
JW_Halverson:
Great score on that tent! I am looking at a similar one, used, and they are asking $350. It looked like a fair deal until you posted this...now I cringe!
bjrogg:
That is a great deal Dave . A very good week indeed.
Bjrogg
Eric Krewson:
Here is an update on the tools;
I made a pass through my Dad's shop after his funeral, not a lot of stuff I could use or didn't already have. I did notice a draw knife (I collect them) and a froe. Both had seen better days but I wanted the chance to restore them so I brought them home.
The new osage handle on the froe will darken over time to a deep chestnut color, much like a buckeye. It was also hand forged so I elected to remove the surface rust, leave the patina and not take it back to bare metal .A bare metal finish would have eliminated the blacksmith's hammer strikes on the blade which would have taken away its history.
A froe is used for the secondary splitting of wood. Back in the day it would be used for splitting out red oak shingles for roofing from a section cut out of a log.
I filed all the nicks out of the drawknife, removed the rust and refinished the handles.
The before and after pics;
BrianS:
Nice work Eric
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