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All that's left to do is a final sanding and finishing.
I took this by the headquarters of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) to show their student affairs guy. He instantly fell in love. I'm going to make a second one for the AAPG. At their next national convention, they will hold a silent auction. The payment will go to a fund for geology students who are veterans. This was set up initially by a young Marine and geologist who I assisted during his first job search. Old retired geologists at the conventions often need a cane and stop by the AAPG booth. We're confident that some old guy (like me) will bid an obscene price. The 36" hickory sledge hammer handle, plus another inch for the tip and another two for the hammer head, makes a comfortable cane height and a good stabilizer for an old geologist on a field trip, as he tries to make it up a steep slope to look at an outcrop.
All that's left to do is a final sanding and finishing.
I took this by the headquarters of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) to show their student affairs guy. He instantly fell in love. I'm going to make a second one for the AAPG. At their next national convention, they will hold a silent auction. The payment will go to a fund for geology students who are veterans. This was set up initially by a young Marine and geologist who I assisted during his first job search. Old retired geologists at the conventions often need a cane and stop by the AAPG booth. We're confident that some old guy (like me) will bid an obscene price. The 36" hickory sledge hammer handle, plus another inch for the tip and another two for the hammer head, makes a comfortable cane height and a good stabilizer for an old geologist on a field trip, as he tries to make it up a steep slope to look at an outcrop.