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sorcrow

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14. And doing a good job of it

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #5)

Mon May 18, 2020, 12:00 AM

May 2020

An adze leaves a nicely finished surface.

There's a story about a restaurant in Seattle in the 50s or 60s that was remodeling. They wanted rustic exposed beams. So..... They called over to the Lake Union Shipyard for their best adze-man. Turns out he was too good. They had to take an axe to his perfectly hewed beams to get the rustic look. Unclear if he was ever apprised of the modification.

I heard this story from the Bob Prothero, boss at the Shipyard and long time wooden shipwright in Seattle.

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Crow

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