James sent me a couple of hand planes over the years and almost every time I would talk to him on the phone he would mention sending me another plane. I didn't want him spending time on planes for me, but I appreciate the ones I have. He came by my workbench one day and gave me his set of sharpening stones. I am not sure why he did that either, but I appreciated that and use them to this day. My favorite thing that he gave me was his little homemade hammer used to adjust the iron on small planes. that little hammer was unique because he just left all of the knife marks on it. We had a lot of good conversations before school started. Fortunately for me people didn't like to get to class early. Except Larry Hinkle. Most of the time it was just James, Larry and me talking about woodworking and our projects before class. I learned a lot from James.
James sent me a couple of hand planes over the years and almost every time I would talk to him on the phone he would mention sending me another plane. I didn't want him spending time on planes for me, but I appreciate the ones I have. He came by my workbench one day and gave me his set of sharpening stones. I am not sure why he did that either, but I appreciated that and use them to this day. My favorite thing that he gave me was his little homemade hammer used to adjust the iron on small planes. that little hammer was unique because he just left all of the knife marks on it. We had a lot of good conversations before school started. Fortunately for me people didn't like to get to class early. Except Larry Hinkle. Most of the time it was just James, Larry and me talking about woodworking and our projects before class. I learned a lot from James.
James Krenov really amazing guru of woodworker