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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Bev, that is a good looking knife, you should have put a ruler or something 
next to it for size perspective.  What is its size?

You have a handsome and tired looking son. The last photo , I remember of him 
, was close to 10 years ago, and you were homeschooling.  Is he tall like you?

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--- On Fri, 12/26/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] Assorted stuff
> To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Friday, December 26, 2008, 12:45 PM
> Ok, the pics are posted to Myspace in the Temp album
> http://www.myspace.com/tervetuloa13
> 
> There are pics of one very tired kid, too.  He is still
> asleep and has
> been for the last 15+ hours.  :/  It is nice to know he is
> in there
> though.  I'll take it!
> 
> Be sure and click on the individual pictures to see the
> detail.
> First you will see pics of my knife, then pictures of an
> underground
> knife shop in the Republic of Georgia (definitely old world
> feel-almost
> middle ages kind of feel).  There are no power tools in
> this shop, no
> mass production-each knife is hand made. The bald guy is
> Georgi <sp> the
> knifemaker, the young kid, his apprentice.  I have a
> bazillion pictures,
> but chose a few to show various things in the shop, the
> detail, etc.
> Take note of the antlers on the wall, the metal working on
> the table,
> the knives like mine stuck in the table, etc.  My knife is
> 18" long,
> very ornate, as you can hopefully see..the wooden sheath
> beautifully
> carved as well.  Believe it or not, this knife is actually
> more than
> just a pretty face.  It is made of the best steel, and is
> very sharp
> even after almost 10 years of non-use. (I will never use
> something so
> beautiful-the knife is displayed, not used)
> 
> Now, THAT's a KNIFE!
> 
> These types of skills do not exist solely outside of the
> US.  My
> neighbor, also named George, is also a knifemaker.  His
> knives are
> equally as beautiful, his shop a bit more low key-maybe I
> can get a
> picture of his shop/forge/knives.  It is a dying
> art/science, but it is
> still there, at least for this generation.
> 
> 
> Bev
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "The world is my country, all mankind are my
>   brethren, and to do good is my religion."
>   Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
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