MAKING THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER
Jessie Field tells a good story of a real boy who had the right idea. No wonder he was a real success in his line. She says: “There is a boy down in the mountains of Alabama who makes knives. For the handles, he uses the inside of the mussel shells that he finds in the brook running by his cabin home. For the blades and jaws, he uses old horseshoes and scraps of steel and iron that he picks up. For tools, he has a broken file, a hammer, some nails, and sandpaper; yet he makes knives so perfect that the handles shine with rainbows like pearl and one marvels at their finished workmanship. When asked how he learned to make knives he replied: “‘Well, I’m afraid I have not learned yet. However, what little I know I learned by trying myself. I don’t know how other people make them. I always imagined that the factories had…
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