[Cob] Cobber's thumbs as thesis material

[Lee Shultz]

Hi, all.
 
I agree with Dorothy: it's SO easy to make a cobber's thumb, why buy it? I mean really! You can build a house, but you can't make a wooden cobber's thumb!? And isn't cobbing alot about self-sufficiency and independence? Anyway,....
 
The cobber's thumb has really saved me, though. I am very thin boned, and me hands are very delicate. I used my own thumb in that way and had swelling and pain for nearly two years, so I could not cob without a cobber's thumb. Most people don't have these problems. When you're short and delicate, you use tools when others don't have to use them. 
 
Cheers, all.
 
Bev

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From: coblist-bounces at deatech.com on behalf of dorethy at juno.com
Sent: Thu 5/5/2005 6:24 PM
To: coblist at deatech.com
Subject: [Cob] Cobber's thumbs as thesis material




Dear fellow cobbers,
Maybe it's because I come from the Midwest, where we are extremely practical, but I hooted to read so much verbage on cobber's thumbs!  What is the big deal?  You grab a fat stick that fell from the trees, trim it a bit if necessary, and the cob that sticks to it as a result of working for a while smooths it out for you, so your hands don't hurt from any roughness.  I'm 61 years old, but still not THAT wimpy. Actually, I found that my hand tires just as much from using one of those, just different muscles--so then I go back to the real-thumb method.  Yes, I have a bit of arthritis now, but I also have a nice house that I built myself!  I never heard of a cobber's thumb wearing out: more like, it gets so heavily coated you occasionally scrape it off--or not. 
I thought the whole point with building cob is to use something local and easily available, free of charge.  To pay $15 for it is ludicrous--although, I guess if I'd thought to charge that for somebody to buy mine, maybe I wouldn't think so.  Tsk, tsk, tsk!
Sorry, I couldn't resist commenting on that one.
Don't give up, kiddos, the finished product is worth it!:)
Dorethy from Kansas 

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