Lie Nielsen Calendar

[Saint Simon]

For the tool fetishists amongst us, I successfully ordered my Lie Nielsen tool-porn calendar direct from Maine this afternoon. Apparently they were working yesterday too.
Costing about £18 and hopefully arriving in about a fortnight.
Simon

 

[Jacob]

You are paying them to advertise their products? Shouldn't they be paying you?

 

[Karl]

Well he did qualify his post by saying "for the tool fetishists amongst us".

 

[Saint Simon]

Sad person that I am, for me its a celebration of beautiful tools beautifully photographed. I will put it up at school and, from past experience, some kid's will be amazed that people think tools can be thought both functional and beautiful. At least a few will realise that there's more to life than the latest electronic gadget.
Simon

 

[Doug B]

Blimey £18 for a calendar :shock:

Furniture & joinery production send their calendar out free of charge :lol:

 

[custard]

I will put it up at school and, from past experience, some kid's will be amazed that people think tools can be thought both functional and beautiful. At least a few will realise that there's more to life than the latest electronic gadget.
Simon

Good for you Simon. There's so little craft work and tool skills training these days at schools that anything that might kindle an interest in woodwork amongst the next generation is to be applauded.

 

[Andrea]

The staff of the italian woodworking forum Legnofilia, has made a calendar with the photos sent by the users. Also in English.

http://www.legnofilia.it/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11190

Well, it is not ready to use out of the box like the LV one, in the sense that you have to print it, but it is free.

 

[Paul Chapman]

The staff of the italian woodworking forum Legnofilia, has made a calendar with the photos sent by the users. Also in English.

http://www.legnofilia.it/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11190

Well, it is not ready to use out of the box like the LV one, in the sense that you have to print it, but it is free.

Excellent

Cheers :ho2

Paul

 

[jimi43]

You can get a CLIFF RICHARD CALENDAR for a fiver at Amazon....plenty of pictures of an old tool in there!!! :mrgreen:

Seriously though...great idea to put it up in school but apart from the $15 for the calendar...how much was the shipping?

Jimi

 

[JohnPW]

Surely the company should be giving them out for free, with the cost coming out of their advertising/marketing budget!

 

[mu]

...
Well, it is not ready to use out of the box like the LV one, in the sense that you have to print it, but it is free.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Jacob]

Surely the company should be giving them out for free, with the cost coming out of their advertising/marketing budget!

Not if the suckers will pay for them! :lol:

 

[Andrea]

Yesterday I took this photo of a store window in my town. They sell "violin shavings" bags for 2 Euro each. About 10 grams of fir shavings, I think.

 

[Saint Simon]

Happy New Year to any other suckers out there who don't take life or themselves too seriously. But I do wish I wasn't quite so stupid as not to realise a manufacturer's calendar is basically an advertising medium.
Simon

 

[RogerP]

Happy New Year to any other suckers out there who don't take life or themselves too seriously. But I do wish I wasn't quite so stupid as not to realise a manufacturer's calendar is basically an advertising medium.
Simon

Happy New Year Simon ...

...and I bet there's many here who'd love that calendar, advertising medium or not, but are too tight to buy one

 

[Spindle]

Yesterday I took this photo of a store window in my town. They sell "violin shavings" bags for 2 Euro each. About 10 grams of fir shavings, I think.

Hi

Do you think they'd be interested in making an offer for the contents of my chip collector?

Regards Mick

 

[jimi43]

I think there's something incredibly beautiful about Italian workshops.

Wonderful pictures on the blog too Andrea....thanks for posting...and Happy New Year

Jimi

 

[MMUK]

Hmmmm. I've got a Renault F1 cars calendar but I didn't have to invest in any of the cars to get it, it was free

 

[Andrea]

Yesterday I took this photo of a store window in my town. They sell "violin shavings" bags for 2 Euro each. About 10 grams of fir shavings, I think.

Do you think they'd be interested in making an offer for the contents of my chip collector?

No I don't think, because the violin shavings are a protected designation of origin product. They must have taken at least a month of Cremona fog.