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H2O Man

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10. Very nice!

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 06:28 PM

Jun 26

Long ago, there was a blacksmith's shop on one edge of my lawn. In the 1790s, a turnpike heading west went by here; my driveway is part of what remains, and the shop was across from the stage coach station that is now my home. The things I've found are nice, but not even close to having some things your great grandfather made!

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some tools made by my blacksmith great grandfather: [View all] Ptah Jun 26 OP

Pretty cool. I have a hatchet my grandfather forged. rsdsharp Jun 26 #1

So cool! sdfernando Jun 26 #2

Like my husband's family Marthe48 Jun 26 #4

Kicking for Ptah's great grandfather democrank Jun 26 #3

Can you imagine what is was like to live in that era? 1WorldHope Jun 26 #5

Very cool Ptah Clouds Passing Jun 26 #6

Cool! Did your grandfather live in the same town you live in? MLAA Jun 26 #7

Hang on to them gilligan Jun 26 #8

!!! Kali Jun 26 #9

Very nice! H2O Man Jun 26 #10

Turnpike in 1790. Wow. And the stagecoach station. So cool to live with history! Evolve Dammit Jun 26 #11

Definitely! H2O Man Jun 26 #15

That is really cool. I unearthed two millstone halves that were used as fill material. Evolve Dammit Jun 27 #22

Love this. What is the bottom tool used for? Bristlecone Jun 26 #12

Ace hardware calls it an Adjustable T-Bevel Ptah Jun 26 #13

Used to mark angles H2O Man Jun 26 #16

I appreciate that. I have my grandfather's tools Bristlecone Jun 26 #17

My grandfather came to H2O Man Jun 26 #19

Beautiful! KT2000 Jun 26 #14

Real works of functional art. Can you imagine how long & hard he worked to become this proficient? The hardest is to NBachers Jun 26 #18

I have a number of my Grandpa's things Unwind Your Mind Jun 27 #20

I also have this clothes iron made by my father's other grandfather! Ptah Jun 27 #21

Real artisans Beringia Jun 27 #23

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