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Dan Abel

In article >,
(Ruben Aguilar) wrote:

> Just making a late Sunday morning breakfast and got out my homemade
> square lid (just an old 8" baking pan with a wooden knob screwed into
> the bottom) to use with my square skillet. Was wondering what things
> you use because you couldn't buy or find them in stores. Just a long
> time lurker, finally speaking up.

I was just a little kid, but my father made a set of knives. They were
paring knives. He bought steel blanks, and made various shapes. He
tempered them, using a torch and oil. He made wooden handles. They
didn't turn out that well, but he had fun doing it.