Late birthday gloat

[johnboy]

With some money I got for my birthday earleir in the year I decided to treat myself to one of Mr Wenzloff's lovely saws. Mike is very busy so a long wait followed but a couple of weeks ago this arrived.


Dovetail saw, 9" blade, 1 3/4" deep, 16ppi rip cut with Imbuia handle. Cuts as good as it looks.

John

[dom]

Beautiful

[Alf]

Oooo - nice.

[engineerone]

not sure who i hate most at this time, you or mike ;D

you for buying one,

and mike for making saws that are so nice and gloatable.

paul

[paulchapman]

Lovely, John Mike's saws really are the best, in my view.

Cheers

Paul

[colincott]

I must not look, I must not look

Dame too late

Very nice

Johnboy you suck

[fingers55]

Very tasty...I know someone else who's waiting for a couple of Mike's saws - Rob

[Lord Nibbo]

My firewall don't seem to work for pornography then ;D

[Sparky]

fingers55 said:

Very tasty...I know someone else who's waiting for a couple of Mike's saws - Rob

Me too

hopefully Lee Valley and Mike will get to ship them out soon enough...been waiting for two months.

but I should not complain because by all accounts some have waited for almost a year.

How long did you have to wait johnboy?

Sparky

[dunbarhamlin]

Super - Messrs Wenzloff's output is beyond compare - the absolute dog's b****x

[johnboy]

I first contacted Mike in May and the saw arrived about 3 weeks ago so about 4 months total.

No idea what the timing is now though.

John

[dunbarhamlin]

If you want the best, you have to wait. I have a fret slotting saw on the list, but am happy to wait knowing it'll be spot on when it is eventually ready.
Cheers
Steve

[TonyW]

John, I came very close to reporting you and asking for you to be banned for posting "tool porn" .
Then I looked at the picture again - she is lovely.

When I learn to saw straight I think I will be very tempted ;D

Cheers
Tony

[Sparky]

tonyw said:

When I learn to saw straight I think I will be very tempted ;D

Cheers
Tony

Well Tony

I found that it wasn't me but my bad saw so when I finally got a MikeW DT saw then I was suddenly sawing straight. Sometimes it takes a good saw to saw well.

My thoughts at times are that (as a somewhat new hobbist) I can't work better than my tools so to get good at this I need decent tools. I find that this is most true with saws.

Sparky

[Alf]

sparky said:

Sometimes it takes a good saw to saw well.

Well a good sharpening job anyway Trouble is Mike's saws are so damn bootiful it is easy to be afraid to use them, especially if you're a very novice saw user. I wouldn't like to have had mine a few years ago - terrified I'd have kinked it into oblivion with my ham-fistedness.

Cheers, Alf

[Sparky]

toobyefore said:

I wouldn't like to have had mine a few years ago - terrified I'd have kinked it into oblivion with my ham-fistedness.

Cheers, Alf

Well...that's what the 'lifetime warranty is all about

Though I haven't needed it and hopefully never will

Sparky

[TonyW]

sparky said:

... I can't work better than my tools so to get good at this I need decent tools. I find that this is most true with saws.

Sparky thanks a lot for that comment - you are managing to grease the slope nicely for me ;D

Alf
Well a good sharpening job anyway

Its almost as if you have read my comments elsewhere about my fear of sharpening saws ;D

Cheers
Tony

[mikew]

Many thanks for the kind words.

...it is easy to be afraid to use them, especially if you're a very novice saw user. I wouldn't like to have had mine a few years ago - terrified I'd have kinked it into oblivion with my ham-fistedness.

This reminds me of something Chris S. published in PopWood:

Though I now own almost a complete set of these Kenyon saws, I found one way that Benjamin Seaton and I are different. Last week while cutting half-lap joints with the tenon saw, I laid the tool to rest on my now beat-up Seaton chest. When I stood up, the elegant handle hooked into my shop apron, plunging the saw to the concrete floor.

The fall splintered the horn at the top of the handle. That’s a common place for old saws to get damaged, though the horn of Seaton’s tenon saw is still pristine. I stared at my damaged tool for a moment, then I shrugged and hung the tool back above my bench. Bumps and dings are the sorts of things that happen when you actually use your tools.

Dings, broken horns, etc are inevitable. Use 'em

For "unusable" saws, you'll have to wait for next Christmas time. Well, they'll be usable but I doubt anyone will. Just think mirror polished blades, African Blackwood, stainless steel bolts and medallions, and a jeweler to engrave beautiful designs on the blades--and a limted run of 30...

Take care, Mike

[engineerone]

mike stop with the pornography please

paul

[Lord Nibbo]

mikew said:

For "unusable" saws, you'll have to wait for next Christmas time. Well, they'll be usable but I doubt anyone will. Just think mirror polished blades, African Blackwood, stainless steel bolts and medallions, and a jeweler to engrave beautiful designs on the blades--and a limted run of 30...

Take care, Mike

Your a real bastrad you are If I got one for free I'll tell you who your father was. ;D

[mikew]

;D ;D ;D

Some things are best left uncertain! After all, I love my step father...

Take care, Mike

[Alf]

mikew said:

Just think mirror polished blades, African Blackwood, stainless steel bolts and medallions, and a jeweler to engrave beautiful designs on the blades--and a limted run of 30...

Eeek.

Question: is stainless steel the new brass? There does seem to be a bit of a move towards it for the "blingiest" tools.

Cheers, Alf

[noel]

I met a extremely dodgy person in a car park after dark a few years ago and bought a saw which I reckon is just as good.......................

[wrongnail]

Oh please...

Shurrup peeps.

I'm feeling sick with envy and the only cure is to go and ask forgiveness for the sin and then order one of these saws! ;D

[colincott]

Welcome Wrongnail
Its a happy mad house here