02-27-2018, 09:12 PM
Wade,
At one especially desperate financial time, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was offered a very lucrative speaking opportunity. The speaking opportunity happened to be on the evening of the week that Clemens devoted to maintaining his pipes, so, naturally, Clemens declined. Any hint of your sharpening ritual being anything except of the highest logic and importance might be seen as implying negative thoughts about our finest author. That would be in the poorest of taste and unworthy of a member of this exchange.
We need rituals to keep reminded of the persons we value. Thanks for sharing yours. In my case, among my Henckel kitchen knives there is a very old Flint stainless steel "sandwich knife". It holds the place of honor ex oficio because it was my Dad's knife.
Ken
At one especially desperate financial time, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was offered a very lucrative speaking opportunity. The speaking opportunity happened to be on the evening of the week that Clemens devoted to maintaining his pipes, so, naturally, Clemens declined. Any hint of your sharpening ritual being anything except of the highest logic and importance might be seen as implying negative thoughts about our finest author. That would be in the poorest of taste and unworthy of a member of this exchange.
We need rituals to keep reminded of the persons we value. Thanks for sharing yours. In my case, among my Henckel kitchen knives there is a very old Flint stainless steel "sandwich knife". It holds the place of honor ex oficio because it was my Dad's knife.
Ken