January 26, 2013

Back at the farm

The sale this morning was a lot of fun. Most of the big-ticket items were redundant to my shop. Lulu's son Curtis is now seriously starting to take up blacksmithing too so all three of us went. Two guys almost came to blows over an anvil. Pretty intense for a while. Recognized a few faces there -- not enough to know their names but I had seen them at some of the local Blacksmithing conferences. Picked up a bunch of bending forks, some monkey wrenches, a rivet heading tool, about 20 metal files (high carbon content -- great for knives), an awesome wizards staff, an old mechanical engineering book, about ten brand-new hickory hammer and ax handles and Lulu got a couple pieces of kitchenware. I feel sad for not having been able to know this man. We shared a lot of similar interests -- there was some printing equipment (I used to own a copy/print business and know how to run an offset press), a full darkroom including the same make and model of Federal enlarger that I had growing up. Some tape recording stuff, lots of still and cine photography equipment, guns and reloading equipment, a couple telescopes, wood working equipment and one bulletin board covered with all of the ribbons and awards that he had won over his life. A life very well lived and a very fun morning -- spent just around $100 so it was a cheap date... Posted by DaveH at January 26, 2013 3:38 PM
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