...you should use French wood.
To get French wood, you must, of course, travel to a French lumberyard.
Not this lumberyard...
...but this one.
The wood is processed to completion in the mind of the woodworker, before real cuts are made.
A forge is stoked, the anvil sits at the ready...
Iron is shaped by the strong hands of the blacksmith
Hot metal is quenched, the holdfast takes shape and a tool to make the stuff of daily life emerges.
The material has been patiently waiting to join the effort.
A nice teaser, Jameel! I can't wait to read the next few posts on this subject.
ReplyDeleteOooh, Le Salvager eat your heart out.
ReplyDeleteSo are you going to share where all these great pictures were taken?
ReplyDeleteIn due time...
DeleteI never thought an anvil could be so sexy!
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