Got up this morning and made my usual stumbling way to the kitchen to put on the kettle for coffee--hit the eagle with my forehead--again.
A number of years ago, before Doug and I started Shepherd and when we actually had time to be tool collectors and dabble in woodworking,I decided to build a shelving unit to house my collection. Didn't build anything fancy---just some pine shelves with a little molding. While I was building it I decided to do a few applique carving bits, a couple of birds and a few Maple leaves(Canadian,eh?) and as the unit had a peeked top I thought;" Gee wouldn't an Eagles head be just perfect at the top of the peak.
Being somewhat design impaired at the time I strategically placed this eagle at a level just a little above my eyes.
Now you would think that after 50 years of living with myself I would know that if there are any protuberances that I can hit with my head I tend to go out of my way to do so. But nooo I didn't take this into consideration when I built the shelving unit so every once in awhile I hit the eagles beak on my way down the hallway.
Sometimes I remember it's there and swing my head out of the way just in time, muttering; "Ah ha you evil bird you almost got me again but I foiled you this time" only to hit my head on the clock protruding from the opposite wall.
When I do this I look at the bird and could swear , even though I didn't carve a tongue, that it's sticking it's tongue out at me---but then that could just be an optical illusion created by the stars swirling around my head.
Anyway this morning I really did it--normally it's just a tiny smack and I mutter and move on but this morning I opened up a gash on my forehead--a little blood a little swelling. I have to put that sheving unit somewhere else.
I swear I saw the eagle smile.
Best regards
Ben
www.shepherdtool.com
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Originally Posted by Louis Bois
I humbly request that y'all (got get you used to the language) come through Dallas area when you make it to Texas. I am a newly joined member of the North Texas Woodworkers Association and the Southwest Tool Collectors Association. I am not very active in either one yet, but if you need some contact info, I'll try to help out. Surely one of these two groups (if not both) would be interested in having y'all demo/lecture/teach a class for them.
