And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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ReplyDeleteSoon, that chisel will be a scoop.
DeleteThat photo calls to mind a video posted on Twitter where some guys are taking apart a 100 year old Japanese house constructed with no nails.
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Saw that the other day…fascinating use of wooden “pins” to hold that incredibly complex joinery tightly together. Amazing work.
DeleteBashing that lovely chisel with a metal mallet? For shame.
ReplyDeleteYou can see the steel ring that keeps the red oak handle from mushrooming under the hammer.
ReplyDeleteThat is a Japanese chisel, but no self respecting woodworker would use a sledge hammer to work it.
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