Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
> > Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> >
> >>Stephen wrote:
> >>


> My father's mother was born in Scotland and he and his two brothers and
> six sisters made a big deal of it.  And of course they kept their
> hardwood polished. Polished.
>



> > Oh! Nice brushes BTW
>
> I can't tell you enough.  They were thin you see, so they didn't suck up
> a lot of expensive paint.  And those long, irregular, limp bristles.
> Perfect.  Especially for oil paint of the certain viscosity that I
> liked.  I used a lot of varnish and stand oil in my medium.  Funny they
> are sold as gesso brushes.  The hog's hair swells with water which makes
> them useless.
>

When you are working with your hands. The importance of good tools cannot be
over emphasised.

> >

> > humble way:-)
> >
>
> No opinion due to my ignorance of that tale.  Maybe I can get back to
> you on it tho'.



thought. JC the New York cabbie who plays classics to his clients.




Not so fanciful as my wife has said it to me after a 400 mile journey.

Stephen

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