Hi Keith,

Glad you decided to come in and sit a while.

 Hello all in Galootdom, I'm the guy who makes the hones, Couldn't stay away, lu
rked for a few hours but it   made me feel dirty, probably because now that I lo
ok at myself, I am dirty.   

Anyway, J. Spiller stopped by last week & suggested I   adjust the frog on one o
f my Stanleys to close the mouth up for hardwoods, never thought to do it, I did
, it works great, I figured if that kind of info is here I just have to join in 
- hope I can contribute. 

What he fails to mention is that he has a couple of really nice Baileys in primo
 condition.   The kicker is the SWMBO bought them for him.

 I have a tendency to think of life in stages rather than years, seeing as how I
've taken to shouting back at the TV, wear slippers, and ear & nose hair are bat
tling for control of my face, I   assume I'm middle aged, or was, once. 

Definitely.

 So I went   back to basics,   figured if I could turn a tree into something oth
er people liked I could have a nice life & make a living. For awhile I did produ
ction work for several different industries, some custom work on peoples homes, 
got tired of all that and began to design & sell small inlay boxes, weird mirror
s, and of course the leather hones & belts, which is going pretty well .   

They are nice.

 I'm a white guy living in a black town,

The town he lives in has some of the most spectacular Victorian Mansions anywher
e. It was THE place to spend your summers for New York financiers in the 1870-18
90's.

 Catholic living with a nice Jewish girl,

Lee is really a nice woman.

 learned from the fact that SWMBO didn't know I drank till the one day I showed 
up sober. 

I have a hard time believing that after having met her.

Jake Spiller 
spiller@b...

I'm just a user.   I don't have time to collect.

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