tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post6991129451995848753..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Hatchet ManSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-65643637376604619132012-08-18T11:48:33.340-04:002012-08-18T11:48:33.340-04:00Those logs have a nice ring to them.Those logs have a nice ring to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-44285404743483359982012-08-16T21:26:03.785-04:002012-08-16T21:26:03.785-04:00the wood worker has a very constipated swing but i...the wood worker has a very constipated swing but it seems to work for him. he has real skills. that show i would have all sorts of errant chops around every cut. I could introduce him to any number of africans who could do what he was doing and they would do it at full speed with a swing like a pro golfer...well not on the fine stuff obviously. they of would have an adz about. i met some Tanzanian boat builders who were using hand saws they had just about sharpened in two in the middle... i've never seen such a skinny saw before.<br />but what can i say, they were all pretty interesting to watch.<br />leonLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288771971363819090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-33921854738058969802012-08-16T17:26:00.626-04:002012-08-16T17:26:00.626-04:00“The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues ...“The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice. Moral truisms have been so much disputed that they have begun to sparkle like so many brilliant paradoxes.”<br />— G.K. Chesterton<br /><br />Your traditions are all sparkly!Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284936021406079076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-76636303758393884422012-08-16T10:29:46.583-04:002012-08-16T10:29:46.583-04:00This guy lives around here. Except his log cabin ...This guy lives around here. Except his log cabin is a chalet. We don't say much about it, though. Reasons.<br /><br />I really dig the other wood tools, like the long handled scraper.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-61765573406670185342012-08-16T10:19:28.498-04:002012-08-16T10:19:28.498-04:00Who, day and night, must scramble for a living,
Fe...Who, day and night, must scramble for a living,<br />Feed a wife and children, say his daily prayers?<br />And who has the right, as master of the house,<br />To have the final word at home?<br /><br />The Papa, the Papa! Tradition.<br />The Papa, the Papa! Tradition.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.com