I've met a few hand tools

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I do not have the strength or stamina now. I do have the memory, though. Hubby and I were in Northern Idaho, packing a two person cross cut saw. What a long whangy thing! Between us we used that long and sharp saw to cut down tough tamarack trees. Then we sawed the tree into lengths that fit into our wood stove. Way too often the saw's blade would stick into the saw cut and one of us would have to back out and try again. We learned the art of working as a team in those days. And same with needing flour for bread or other baked goodies. We used a hand grinder. I still use a hand meat grinder and a food mill. Last year I toured an old farm stead that now was a museum. It kept for posterity a life no longer lived. I loved snooping in the machine shop. Those pioneers had grit!