My new knife holder (for when I go car camping)

Oops. Sorry, this was supposed to go to rec.woodworking.

- Owen -

Hi Owen, I enjoyed your post and hope you feel welcome, lots of 'flatties' here. I don't remember if you also turn wood. If you do forgive me, if not get a lathe. You can finish many nice projects in a morning or you can take a year to turn your masterpiece. :)

Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter

Or maybe he has a stubby and won't admit it in public? Mac

Mornin' Mac.

There's two of us Owens in here - as one who's lived with the name for a number of years now, I can say I run into very few of us. It's weird addressing someone else as Owen. It's unusual enough that when hearing my name, folks will think I said Allen, Glen or some other name. I also get some folks, if they're old enough, saying, "Like Owen Marshal, Counselor at Law?" Or the jokers who spontaneously burst into the mother's raspy "Owen!" "Owen!" from Throw Mama from the Train. To make matters worse, Owen Lawrence just happens to have the same first/last initials as I do. (BTW, my middle name is Fredric...)

This Owen, does indeed, swing on a Oneway, since November of last year. Not sure what Owen uses though - I don't recall reading about it.

Owen the OP here. As a matter of fact, I do own a lathe, and it swings a OneWay chuck. I'm pleasantly amused that I got a bigger response here than at rec.woodworking. One guy over there told me he turned a knife block, a six inch cylinder, slicing longitudinal slots for the knives, and closing them in again with glued in sticks. He returned it to the lathe to finish it, and I'm considering doing the same. Of course I'm considering lots of things, but it never hurts to stay on topic.

I usually get "Owen! How's it goin'?"

After hearing it for over 35 years, it's still tiring.

- Owen -

(P.S. My middle name is "Eldon". I once took swimming lessons with a friend whose name is Lawrence Owen Kelly. He dropped the "Kelly" for that class and we had a blast watching the instructor try to keep us straight.)

Hi op Owen, I like your knife holder the way you made it. Make another with the sticks closing the slots & turned. A pic?

Hey our Owen, You think you get tiresome variations on your good name. Cheer up, it's not 'Archie'. There's no 'bald' attached and I'm no bigot, but it lingers on. I'm a junior, but Lorraine made sure our David wasn't a III. :)

Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter