A typical day on the north coast: The drone of the fog horn. The clang of the buoy bell. A squadron of pelicans. The pose of a seagull. The splay of yellow, white and purple flowers. The gentle nip of cool air. All these blended together to make the fog shrouded coast gorgeous.
Jerry writes
Today was the second day of class where we continued to work on our knives and chisels. We learned how to mount the knife in a wooden handle and then shape the handle to individual hands. Sounds kind of nominal but there is a lot to doing the shaping for individual hand sizes and the session was very interesting.
We had a special guest today. Mrs. Krenov came by to see what was going on. She is the widow of James Krenov who started the school. He was one of the giants of furniture making who used to come in every class and meet the students. His work now sells for six figures in New York. Anyway, his wife is a very pleasant lady and here is a picture of her with Yeung Chan, the teacher in this class.
My knife is coming along and tomorrow I hope there will be a finished photo of it. Here it is at the moment with the knife installed. It has come a long way from the bare piece of steel we got yesterday morning.
The chisel will take a bit longer because, here, rather than use machines, you have to sharpen it with water stones and that is a very time consuming procedure. The steel I got had some deep groves in it and it is taking some time to lap them out.
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