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Title: Pioneer Axe (1965)
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YT
URL Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr4VTCwEfko
Published: Oct 1, 2013
Author: Peter Vogt
Post Date: 2014-04-02 22:58:57 by X-15
Keywords: None
Views: 215
Comments: 5
This is a short film made by Peter Vogt in 1965 about axe making in Oakland, Maine. It documents the process of creating fine axes in the Emerson Stevens shop -- the last axe factory to operate in Oakland. Oakland was once a world-famous center of quality blade-making.
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
That was a handsome film and a tribute to the working man and his craft. I enjoyed the photography and story telling in this pre-digital age gem. Thanks X-15. Know guns, know safety, know liberty. No guns, no safety, no liberty.
You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed that slice of Americana. Now, you choose between a cheap chinkernese axe with crappy metal that won't hold a sharp edge or you buy from a European maker who does it right.
#2. To: randge (#1)
-Alex Kurtagic
#3. To: X-15 (#0)
Thanks for this most enjoyable film/documentary of a time and craft past.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#4. To: X-15 (#0)
That was cool as hell, X. Here's a couple of my favorites: Harvest of the Years (1938) - Ford Master Hands (1936) - Chevrolet, beautiful cinematography Part of "Master Hands" to techno music
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#5. To: Esso (#4)
Locate and isolate sources of noise? Really? In Detroit 2014?
corruptissima re publica plurimae leges - Tacitus
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