[AT] sickle grinder

[Ronald L. Cook]

Larry,
	There have been some winds.  You were probably traveling in that.  You 
are right on the money about the "ancestral hardware", as you put it.
	Sorry to hear of your reason to travel to Colorado, but my hat is off 
to your cousin for giving you the hammer.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

Larry D. Goss wrote:
> Just dodge the windstorms, Ron.  :-)
> 
> I understand exactly the dilemma caused by the knowledge of "ancestral
> hardware" -- stuff that's in the family and that you could use but that
> you don't own.  I was really disappointed that my brother inherited all
> my Dad's tools, but several years after Dad's death I had the
> opportunity to browse through the shop on the farm and take a good hard
> look at the tools that are there.  With rare exception, they are worn
> out and dangerous.  Dad had gone through all his tools while he was
> still alive and took the opportunity to give me several small items of
> historical significance.  It turned out that those were basically the
> only items worth passing on to future generations, and he knew it.
> 
> The reason for the trip to Colorado last week was to visit with a cousin
> who is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer.  One of the items he gave
> me was the hammer that belongs with the cobbler tools that our
> great-grandfather owned back in the 1860's.  My cousin knew that I have
> the rest of the tools and wanted the hammer reunited with the set.
> 
> Larry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ronald L.
> Cook
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 11:07 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] sickle grinder
> 
> Larry,
> 	I would sharpen the bottom serrated but not the top serrated.
> Just as 
> you say.  The grinder I plan to get is only 8 miles from me in my family
> 
> farm's machine shed.  I have sharpened many a sickle on that thing and 
> can still use it when I want to.  I just hope to obtain ownership one of
> 
> these days as I am the only one in the family that would use it anyways.
> 
> 	A little trip to Goodland would be fun, though.
> Ron Cook
> Salix, Ia
> 
> Larry D. Goss wrote:
> 
> 
>>Well, head out to Goodland, Ron.  The one out there is only a day's
>>travel each way.  It's complete.  As a matter of fact, it has a lot
> 
> more
> 
>>hardware on it than the IH grinder I used to have.  But, I didn't look
>>closely enough at this one to see its brand or its price.
>>
>>BTW, which style of serrated sections are you talking about?  I've
>>always ground the ones with the serrations on the bottom, but I notice
>>that top-serrated sections are also available, and I presume those
>>really can't be sharpened.
>>
>>Larry
>