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  0 Thread: Return
Post: Return
Hello to all. I see many new names. I have been absent from this sub-forum for 8 years. That came about because of illnesses that fully disrupted my life. I decided to take the risk and return, like t...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 20 4,831 09-21-2021, 02:11 PM
  0 Thread: Disappearance
Post: Disappearance
Hello folks- I have been rendered incapacitated for quite some time. I keep having sequential "TIA's" which add up to lasting physical disabilities/ Several hard falls--ome knocked me out so I got a r...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 6 3,569 03-13-2019, 10:04 AM
  0 Thread: Ivan Clark-Welfare?
Post: RE: Ivan Clark-Welfare?
All OK- got to talk for awhile with Ivan. He is so worth getting to know. He is knowledgeable and kind. Another worry gone.
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 6 3,450 01-12-2019, 06:41 PM
  0 Thread: Ivan Clark-Welfare?
Post: RE: Ivan Clark-Welfare?
Thank you, Sir. I'll keep trying.
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 6 3,450 01-10-2019, 03:41 PM
  0 Thread: Gunstock Checkering Tools
Post: RE: Gunstock Checkering Tools
I used to do considerable custom gunstock work. I preferred Dem-Bart. I used the small scrapers from Brownell's. I have sets of them but they are buried in a storage garage packed to the gills and I d...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 5 3,215 01-10-2019, 11:00 AM
  0 Thread: Ivan Clark-Welfare?
Post: Ivan Clark-Welfare?
Ivan does not routinely post but he is a fine gentleman. We were working a deal and I need to talk to him . I sent a direct email we have used and a PM here. I am worried for him. Does anyone else kno...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 6 3,450 01-10-2019, 10:50 AM
  0 Thread: Puukko knife making in Finland
Post: RE: Puukko knife making in Finland
By the way, I learned from harsh response that Finns reject being called or at all included in the term " Scandinavian '. No reason was given, but I do choose to honor their choice. So, if you are ne...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,081 01-04-2019, 11:16 AM
  0 Thread: Puukko knife making in Finland
Post: RE: Puukko knife making in Finland
I applaud Jack's offer of this video. I have owned several knives of the Puukko type. I was actually exposed to the "Scandanavian" knives by Harry Morseth who bought laminated steel bars for his knive...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,081 01-02-2019, 12:55 PM
  0 Thread: Diamond stone suggestions
Post: RE: Diamond stone suggestions
I use diamond paste on my HorseButt. We can joke about the name, but a top quality very hard leather mounted flat and loaded with your choice of paste grind and the skill to freehand the final edge wi...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 28 12,624 12-15-2018, 02:24 PM
  0 Thread: Diamond stone suggestions
Post: RE: Diamond stone suggestions
Unless there is a new and proven vendor od diamond plates, I recommend DMT exclusively. They use mono-crystalline diamond coatings. Mono cuts better- it lasts much longer( they all lose some abrasive ...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 28 12,624 12-15-2018, 12:21 PM
  0 Thread: New in Sharpening?
Post: RE: New in Sharpening?
It sounds like I am not off the modern main highway- a few have gone horizontal, but, no surprise, diamonds are still best friends. It sometimes happens that I come upon a steel that does not take to ...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 16 8,286 12-03-2018, 05:28 PM
  0 Thread: New in Sharpening?
Post: New in Sharpening?
Hello everyone; When last most of you heard from me, I flattened backs with large DMT plates, the went to my trusty Tormek (green with carefully selected tool holders, then to my pro Shaptons working ...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 16 8,286 11-30-2018, 04:42 PM
  0 Thread: Timberwolf
Post: RE: Timberwolf
Jack- just want you to know that on my own, I decided to delete my sniper and rifles posts since they were so far off topic- no  moderator intervention. Yes, Marines at Chosin or anywhere in deep wint...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,867 09-19-2018, 07:24 PM
  0 Thread: Timberwolf
Post: RE: Timberwolf
Timberwolf Wrote: (08-31-2018, 08:51 PM) -- Mike, the odometer is rolling and in a week or so I will be at the 86 mark......Just the usual aches and pains associated with advancing years..Diabetes, H...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,867 09-12-2018, 02:21 PM
  0 Thread: It's been awhile, I've returned to the fold
Post: RE: It's been awhile, I've returned to the fold
Isn't it just so hard to believe that when one has been gone for whatever reason, and that person returns; well, corny as it sounds, we are met with good memories and truly open arms? This is a group ...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 17 9,322 08-31-2018, 07:44 PM
  0 Thread: You can do this
Post: RE: You can do this
Having just returned as the prodigal son, I am emboldened to ask--- "Jack, my friend and mentor, and humane ear when needed. WHAT DON"T YOU HAVE?
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 7 6,414 08-31-2018, 07:28 PM
  0 Thread: Timberwolf
Post: Timberwolf
Jack, one of the reasons I found it so hard to return was the fear that you would no longer be among us. When I needed the advice of a father, you "leapt to the breach." So, now I want to know how you...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,867 08-31-2018, 06:59 PM
  0 Thread: Knew Concepts fret saws
Post: RE: Knew Concepts fret saws
I usually buy a product offered by a member as friendly support when they are getting going. I have an early red anodized frame saw. Here is my painful take- it does what such a saw should do without ...
 Mtobey Woodworking Hand Tools 11 6,140 08-31-2018, 06:51 PM
  0 Thread: Some PRICES REDUCED
Post: RE: Some PRICES REDUCED
I have been required to put sale of tools on the back burner. I have had to prepare for a sworn deposition in a case over 30 years old. The defendant has tried 5 times already to attack my competence ...
 Mtobey Tool Swap N' Sell 14 7,628 08-30-2018, 11:11 AM
  0 Thread: Some PRICES REDUCED
Post: RE: Some PRICES REDUCED
Kansas City Fireslayer Wrote: (08-29-2018, 10:02 PM) -- I’ll second Mike’s (MTobey’s) reputation for great tools and a trustworthy individual.  I have bought from Mike and he has bought from me datin...
 Mtobey Tool Swap N' Sell 14 7,628 08-30-2018, 10:43 AM

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