My secret Santa came today from Jess Hoffman, accompanied by a letter telling me about himself. As much as I love the package, the personal letter makes me appreciate this group of people even more (if that were possible) than before. Now I can put a living, breathing, caring persona to his posts here on the forum. I look forward to following him from here on out.
Well, here's what I got (insert big grin here)
From left to right is a bottle of EDCi carbon steel protectant, a beautiful block of stabilized and dyed curly maple, a wonderful looking piece of mokume gane (I wish you could see the swirls in this!), and a very beautiful block of stabilized bark maple burl.
With this absolutely beautiful package of materials, I will have to try to bring my "A" game for the two knives I will make from it, just to do it proper justice. I'll post pics of the knives when completed.
Mr. Hoffman, thank you for hosting this exchange, and thanks for giving me a glimpse of you personally in your letter.
This is a special forum.