[AT] sickle grinder

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Mon Mar 14 08:03:29 PST 2005


Hi Larry,

Here in my office I have the cobbler kit my granddaddy used to make shoes 
for my mom, her brothers and sisters and some of her cousins.  It is a 
Purfoco Economical Cobbler kit #2011  according to the letters stamped into 
the wooden box it came in.

I'm pretty proud of it as well as all of the tools I have that came from my 
dad and granddad.  I know you feel the same way.

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jfgrant" <jfgrant at triton.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] sickle grinder


> Larry, pretty darn neat! Remember, "All things come to those who wait" 
> I'll be that old hammer means more to you than a new Craftsman tool box 
> filled with new stuff. At least it would to me. Thanks for sharing this 
> story. John Grant
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 9:17 AM
> Subject: RE: [AT] sickle grinder
>
>
>> 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
>>
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