A new Contest..Next contest is postponed..probably till May

[Bruce]

@greybeard call your PO and have the postmaster check on it.

 

[greybeard]

@greybeard call your PO and have the postmaster check on it.

Already did, as well as the customer service person in St Louis. Both told me they would look into it but also said the odds of finding it were slim.
We shall see.

 

[Bruce]

Do you have a tracking number for it?? I gave the same advice to someone on BYC, the package they had was looping between the center in Denver and the one in North Carolina (it was supposed to be delivered to a town in NC). She called and a human snagged the package at one place or another, it was delivered today.

 

[Pastor Dave]

I received a box today from TX that has treble hooks, guages, a whet stone from Austria, a short horn, other tools and odds & ends, to name a few.

And these attachments that are in a set and a cool wooden case that I do not know what they are. I am guessing wood working or carving...?

Thank-You @greybeard!
It was quite the ordeal to get it shipped here, I understand.

 

[greybeard]

Check your PMs Dave.
That's a precision reamer set from the late 40s..early 50s at the latest. They were my Dad's. It is the original box, tho I did lightly sand 60-70 years of grease and grime off it and put the outer parts back on it. The 1930s, 40s, and 1950s vehicles that set worked on would be worth a kings ransom today.

(The giant treble hooks were kind of a joke. I knew you liked to fish but I use them for alligators. I meant to enclose a note telling you they were for Texas sized bream)

 

[OneFineAcre]

That's a very nice prize
Those Texas bream must be big ones

 

[greybeard]

That's not exactly a 'whetstone'.
It's similar in makeup to what we call an Arkansas hard stone but it's actually a straight razor hone or 'touch up hone'. I believe that one is a Franz Swaty brand and I think they may even still be in business. To use it properly, you would take a small fine grit stone in one hand, (about 1"x2") put a few drops of water on the hone, and place the small stone right on top of the water droplets and rub the small stone back and forth across the hone. Soon, a frothy foam will appear and only then would you sharpen your straight razor on the hone. Then of course, you would have to strop your razor to remove any very tiny imperfections from the leading edge of your razor.
Of course, you can just use shaving cream on it instead and forget the small stone altogether.

The Swaty is about 6000-7000 grit.

 

[Bills Vs Beaks]

That's not exactly a 'whetstone'.
It's similar in makeup to what we call an Arkansas hard stone but it's actually a straight razor hone or 'touch up hone'. I believe that one is a Franz Swaty brand and I think they may even still be in business. To use it properly, you would take a small fine grit stone in one hand, (about 1"x2") put a few drops of water on the hone, and place the small stone right on top of the water droplets and rub the small stone back and forth across the hone. Soon, a frothy foam will appear and only then would you sharpen your straight razor on the hone. Then of course, you would have to strop your razor to remove any very tiny imperfections from the leading edge of your razor.
Of course, you can just use shaving cream on it instead and forget the small stone altogether.

The Swaty is about 6000-7000 grit.

sweet

 

[Pastor Dave]

I will lay out everything to get some good pics in the a.m.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Hit a snag in my schedule. Still plan to get a pic or pics of the contents of the box that came from TX. later today.