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    major Tool Gloat!

    the pictures say it all










    now i really need to make that jig so i dont bugger them up (well actually get my dad to make it).... BTW they were not all shoved in the box like that... they each had their own bubblerap sleeve. THANKS Fred Nilles!!!!!!!!! Great job packing too!!!
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    Mega gloat! I have 2 Sorby tools......They fit my meat hooks just fine and I like both of them!
    Ken

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    Now Ben that is a gloat. Congrats buddy. You be able to do some serious turning now.
    Bernie

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    Wow Ben - congrats on your great tool haul!!!
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    That sure is a bunch of tools! Have fun and keep em sharp.
    A few hours south of Steve Schlumpf

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    Cool!! Now go get 'em dirty!!
    ~john
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    Beautiful set Ben, enjoy!

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    Very nice looking set!

    Can I ask why you decided to get a bunch of Sorbys, as opposed to Henry Taylor, Hamlet, Crown, etc.?

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    Wow! Must have gotten a quantity discount? I looked and all that came to mind was that my roughing gouge must once have been that long. Amazing what feeding sand and crud to the edge for fifteen years can do to a tool. I wonder how many times I've sharpened him.

    Come to think, both of my favorite hoggers are Sorbys. I've got a few more years on the 5/8 bowl gouge, so he's coming for replacement first. Also getting a little short in the tooth.

    Get down and get 'em dirty now that you have the pictures of what they were. Probably be fun to compare twenty years hence.

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    Hey!!!!!!!!!! Send me my tools back.

    Wonderful gloat Ben. Congratulations.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Well... the reason I got them was that they were on sale here on sawmill! http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=50277
    They are slightly used... some of them look like they've been sharpened once... if not less! If there was a set of crown tools or any other good brand on sale here I probably would have snapped those up too! (I think I calculated that all of those tools new would come to a total of something around $480)
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    Hmm...looks like you have a little flat work to do...making something to hold those nice new tools after you sharpen them up! Congrats on a very nice gloat!
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    I bought a Sorby 3/8" bowl gouge Friday. It was my first "good" turning tool. I can't believe the difference it makes. The thing acts like it knows where I want it to go.
    Dick Durbin
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