Other hobbies?
My grandfather used to make knives from old files. He used figured walnut for the handles with brass and/or copper ferrels. I still wear a scar on my ring finger of my left hand from one of those knives. It was so sharp I didn`t even feel it slice through my finger as I wiped it clean. 7 stitches to put it back together. My brother made off with all of those knives and I have yet to find anything that compared to them. Great hobby, I love the wood you`ve chosen for the handle and you might give old files a chance if you need a good steel for those blades.
QUOTE=Bill Dedman;457200]Been playing jazz on an electric guitar since 1954... not "old" jazz, like traditional, Dixieland, New Orleans, or swing era jazz; all that stuff was before my time. I just got in on what they call the "post Bop" era, which features guys like Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Smith, and Howard Roberts. Never heard of those guys?
Not surprised; seems like all the guitar players on this forum are rock and roll enthusiasts. Or, folk music devotees.... or, Country (C & W) players.
I heard a joke the other day that relates to how unpopular jazz is in the mainstream.
EMCEE, "Why did you decided to become a JAZZ musician?"
Horn player, "Because I hate crowds!"
If anyone cares, I have 2 guitars; a 1964 Fender Musicmaster that I bought new in '66, and an Epiphone Zephyr acoustic/electric (see pic) that I bought new in 2005.
I play in local bands when they can find work. Jazz is not exactly a hot commidity in Arkansas (never was,) but, playing it is at least as much fun as driving my Vortech-blown, 360 Magnum-powered Valiant! 8)[/QUOTE]
All of the really good players play jazz, the easy money is in rock! Lol! :-D
A new practical interest that will be further refined: making things that will remove significant portions of my digits if I fail to respect them.
Note: The edge has since been cleaned-up a bit
My grandfather used to make knives from old files. He used figured walnut for the handles with brass and/or copper ferrels. I still wear a scar on my ring finger of my left hand from one of those knives. It was so sharp I didn`t even feel it slice through my finger as I wiped it clean. 7 stitches to put it back together. My brother made off with all of those knives and I have yet to find anything that compared to them. Great hobby, I love the wood you`ve chosen for the handle and you might give old files a chance if you need a good steel for those blades.
QUOTE=Bill Dedman;457200]Been playing jazz on an electric guitar since 1954... not "old" jazz, like traditional, Dixieland, New Orleans, or swing era jazz; all that stuff was before my time. I just got in on what they call the "post Bop" era, which features guys like Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Smith, and Howard Roberts. Never heard of those guys?
Not surprised; seems like all the guitar players on this forum are rock and roll enthusiasts. Or, folk music devotees.... or, Country (C & W) players.
I heard a joke the other day that relates to how unpopular jazz is in the mainstream.
EMCEE, "Why did you decided to become a JAZZ musician?"
Horn player, "Because I hate crowds!"
If anyone cares, I have 2 guitars; a 1964 Fender Musicmaster that I bought new in '66, and an Epiphone Zephyr acoustic/electric (see pic) that I bought new in 2005.
I play in local bands when they can find work. Jazz is not exactly a hot commidity in Arkansas (never was,) but, playing it is at least as much fun as driving my Vortech-blown, 360 Magnum-powered Valiant! 8)[/QUOTE]
All of the really good players play jazz, the easy money is in rock! Lol! :-D
