03-09-2018, 07:18 PM
I retired from residential and commercial construction, but I kept all the equipment I'd invested in for 35 years. From my first 28 oz. Estwing framing hammer and Mod. 77 worm drive Skill saw, to almost every 18V tool DeWalt makes, I still have a fully equipped woodworking shop.
I was blessed to inherit most of my Grandad's tools, and I can't ever use one without thinking of him. His hand planes, hand saws, spoke shaves, hammers, chisels and brace and bits are a treat to use on special occasions. I use them most when I'm working on our ranch that his father homesteaded
Back when this land was settled in about 1870, Col. Armstrong Custer's men got a huge grizzly very near here (Custer was credited, but nobody believes he killed it). Custer was all over this part of the country, and we have a shallow cave on our ranch where a handful of his 7th Cavalry scratched their names, initials and date on the wall.
The Black Hills area was hunted out of bears, bison, wolves, mountain sheep and mountain goats pretty quickly. They now mainly reside in state parks, but we have a lot of wild elk, mule deer, whitetails, pronghorn and lots of mountain lions, coyotes, fox, beaver, turkeys etc. Lots of buffalo ranches around here. Still lots of trout in almost every stream.
Weather varies according to distance from the sea and elevation, more so than just latitude. -33° C is pretty cold around here, but the weather can vary wildly within this region. There is an old saying that you probably know, Thomas. "There is no such thing as poor weather, only poor clothing."
I was blessed to inherit most of my Grandad's tools, and I can't ever use one without thinking of him. His hand planes, hand saws, spoke shaves, hammers, chisels and brace and bits are a treat to use on special occasions. I use them most when I'm working on our ranch that his father homesteaded
Back when this land was settled in about 1870, Col. Armstrong Custer's men got a huge grizzly very near here (Custer was credited, but nobody believes he killed it). Custer was all over this part of the country, and we have a shallow cave on our ranch where a handful of his 7th Cavalry scratched their names, initials and date on the wall.
The Black Hills area was hunted out of bears, bison, wolves, mountain sheep and mountain goats pretty quickly. They now mainly reside in state parks, but we have a lot of wild elk, mule deer, whitetails, pronghorn and lots of mountain lions, coyotes, fox, beaver, turkeys etc. Lots of buffalo ranches around here. Still lots of trout in almost every stream.
Weather varies according to distance from the sea and elevation, more so than just latitude. -33° C is pretty cold around here, but the weather can vary wildly within this region. There is an old saying that you probably know, Thomas. "There is no such thing as poor weather, only poor clothing."