Finding My Inner Carpenter II
I picked this old tool box up in a local antique shop. Not sure if the holes drilled into the visible piece were for screwdrivers, or not, but, that's how I'm using them. The gloves are a soft, tanned cowhide that I just love, as much for their great leather smell, as for anything. They are unlined, and unbelievably warm. They give great grip, and were a good buy from the local TSC store. When I was in high school, in Northern British Columbia, I had a pair of beautifully tanned moose hide gloves, with some beadwork on the back. They were from a Carrier Indian lady that my parents worked with, named Granny Joseph. She was well know for her craftsmanship. Those gloves were also unlined, and freakishly warm, and figure in one of my B.C. adventures, that included frostbite in my fingertips. Not because the gloves were cold. They were, as was I, way too warm, and sweat filled the gloves on our backwoods winter trek, and the gloves actually froze. lol I may tell the whole story some time. Sheesh, the stupid things we do when we are young. Oh, not sure if I've mentioned it, but, I started back to work last week. It will be 6 months, on the 25th on January, since my achilles surgery. It still hurts, but, I can manage. Swelling is still a problem, also, but, I'm hoping for a major change in the next couple weeks-for the better. Just in case you were interested.
Finding My Inner Carpenter II
I picked this old tool box up in a local antique shop. Not sure if the holes drilled into the visible piece were for screwdrivers, or not, but, that's how I'm using them. The gloves are a soft, tanned cowhide that I just love, as much for their great leather smell, as for anything. They are unlined, and unbelievably warm. They give great grip, and were a good buy from the local TSC store. When I was in high school, in Northern British Columbia, I had a pair of beautifully tanned moose hide gloves, with some beadwork on the back. They were from a Carrier Indian lady that my parents worked with, named Granny Joseph. She was well know for her craftsmanship. Those gloves were also unlined, and freakishly warm, and figure in one of my B.C. adventures, that included frostbite in my fingertips. Not because the gloves were cold. They were, as was I, way too warm, and sweat filled the gloves on our backwoods winter trek, and the gloves actually froze. lol I may tell the whole story some time. Sheesh, the stupid things we do when we are young. Oh, not sure if I've mentioned it, but, I started back to work last week. It will be 6 months, on the 25th on January, since my achilles surgery. It still hurts, but, I can manage. Swelling is still a problem, also, but, I'm hoping for a major change in the next couple weeks-for the better. Just in case you were interested.