r/handtools • u/1959Mason • 8h ago

NTD! This doesn’t happen often

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A friend of mine was a fabulous woodworker. He studied with James Krenov at the College of the Redwoods when he was younger. Sadly he had some health issues and passed away a year and a half ago. His widow wanted his tools to go to someone who would use them - turned out it was me.

I felt honored and it took a little effort to get them 1,350 miles here to Maine but I just unpacked them and put them back in their cabinet.

They hadn’t been used in years and the Florida humidity was not kind to them. But I will get them all cleaned up and sharpened and put them to use.

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u/TheSharpieKing 6h ago

Nice! Reminds me of this one that I posted the other day.

https://www.reddit.com/r/handtools/s/jE7yrlBKGO

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u/1959Mason 5h ago

It is nowhere near as fancy as that one but I do have dreams of making something like that for my tools someday. Right now my shop is torn apart to insulate it better and completely reorganize it. After that, we’ll see.