neal560sl Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 These cherry letter openers are a Steve Good pattern, makes a very nice finished project for gifting. RabidAlien, nebur9362, Phantom Scroller and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 Very nice work, Neal. I bet a lot of the younger kids don't know what letter openers are these days. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 13 minutes ago, Scrappile said: Very nice work, Neal. I bet a lot of the younger kids don't know what letter openers are these days. They're useful for stabbing bills. Scrappile and jollyred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 Well done. A fine use of smaller wood pieces too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty0312 Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 weapons of mass destruction - should be outlawed; I'm calling my sheriff tomorrow. Everyone needs to turn in their letter openers along with their nail clippers! we used to get handwritten thank you notes from grandchildren when they received gifts from us several years ago. Now we get text messages - if we are lucky! I am proposing a national handwritten "send a letter day" - to anyone of your choice. The USPS could promote it as a way to stay connected the REAL way. And it would help with their budget too! And a new stamp design. And teach cursive too. I think it was Jerry who sent the cartoon: How can you write your name when peeing in the snow if you don't know cursive. But I digress. Cheers and Happy New Year to all. bb Jim McDonald, wombatie and heppnerguy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 They are terrific. Now what are they used for again? Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 very nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Nice letter openers. They remind me of a time when I had a talk with my 34 year old granddaughter about the value of real written letters and encouraged her to sit down with her parents, and grand parents and ask them all about their lives and then go and write it down for future reference as that info may be lost forever, once the older people die and then no one will know much about them. She responded and came to my house and got a copy of all my family history things, including the letters from the civil war that were written by my great grandfather's brothers. Letter openers now should be referred to as, ' junk mail openers' Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toothpick Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Can you tell us what wood you used? How you got a sharp edge on them? Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal560sl Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 11 hours ago, Toothpick said: Can you tell us what wood you used? How you got a sharp edge on them? Very nice! The wood is cherry. I use the 12" disc sander on my Shopsmith to remove the bulk of wood, then either my belt sander or random orbit sander, or combination of both to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toothpick Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Awesome, thanks! Very nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Sharp cutting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Very nice Neal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl S Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Great job, but don't take them to school LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 These are the pick of the litter!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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