Boden's First Set of Tools


A gift to my son on his 2nd Christmas.  When he hears me sawing a board downstairs he grabs his toolbox and runs down to work with me.  Maybe when he's old enough I can delegate my sharpening duties to him as part of his apprenticeship, along with mowing the lawn and doing the dishes, and...




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