Was in at Borders Books, on Saturday, and found Roy Underhill's
"The Woodwright's Shop, Exploring Traditional Woodcraft"
on the 'bargains' table at the outrageous price of $7.99.
This is the "revised edition", containing both the original
'Woodwright's Shop', and it's follow-up 'The Woodwright's Companion'.
The anecdote at the end of chapter one, *alone*, makes the book worth
buying. I quote: "... It's not an easy feeling-- standing there in the
woods, knowing that all the trees are laughing at you."
In article <[email protected]>,
Robert Bonomi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Was in at Borders Books, on Saturday, and found Roy Underhill's
> "The Woodwright's Shop, Exploring Traditional Woodcraft"
> on the 'bargains' table at the outrageous price of $7.99.
>
> This is the "revised edition", containing both the original
> 'Woodwright's Shop', and it's follow-up 'The Woodwright's Companion'.
>
> The anecdote at the end of chapter one, *alone*, makes the book worth
> buying. I quote: "... It's not an easy feeling-- standing there in the
> woods, knowing that all the trees are laughing at you."
Hi Robert,
I always enjoyed watching Roy's show on PBS, even tho I could
never see myself using all the "primitive" tools he used. Still,
a woodworker could learn a lot of the basics from his show and
then sort of adapt it to 120V AC (or 220)!
I'm going to check out my local Borders-thanks for the heads-up.
Lou
In article <[email protected]>,
Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:23:46 +0000, [email protected] (Robert
>Bonomi) wrote:
>
>... snip
>>
>>The anecdote at the end of chapter one, *alone*, makes the book worth
>>buying. I quote: "... It's not an easy feeling-- standing there in the
>>woods, knowing that all the trees are laughing at you."
>
> Even when you're holding an axe?
Well, in the scene described, a tree had *just* thrown his axe (along with
some other tools, and a water bottle) into the _middle_ of the nearby river.
He _makes_ the remark *after* having retrieved the axe, so I guess the
answer to your question is "yes". <grin>
I repeat: "The anecdote at the end of chapter one, *alone*, makes the book
worth buying."
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:23:46 +0000, [email protected] (Robert
Bonomi) wrote:
... snip
>
>The anecdote at the end of chapter one, *alone*, makes the book worth
>buying. I quote: "... It's not an easy feeling-- standing there in the
>woods, knowing that all the trees are laughing at you."
Even when you're holding an axe?