The Tool That Wouldn’t Let Me Go

I was thirteen years old, cutting tobacco on a farm, and the tool I had was destroying my wrist. So I made a better one. That moment — realizing I didn't have to adapt to the tool, I could adapt the tool to me — changed everything. The full story, including the worst spokeshave I ever bought and the one that finally took me across a different kind of barrier, is in this week's essay at Boggs Bench. READ IT HERE: https://boggsbench.substack.com/p/the-tool-that-wouldnt-let-me-go Brian Boggs has been making chairs and tools since 1982. Boggs Bench is where he shares what 40+ years in the shop actually teaches you. #spokeshave #handtools #woodworking #toolmaking #boggsbench