Benjamin DeJoux is, in my not so humble opinion, a wonderful person with whom to start if one wishes to understand the plight of the Huguenots (French Protestants) who came to America. The son of a protestant pastor in France, he came from a culture of pastors and religious people who had been fighting the […]
New Tools, New Skills…
Part of the fun of this hobby truly is all the toys. When one learns about antiquarian material culture, one begins to learn the history of how so many things were made, so many lessons learned, so many hours spent working so other can work… SOME OF THE TOOLS… I have a French cobbler’s hammer […]