Things U found that R neat for fly fishing

On 7/22/04 7:55 PM, in article ,
"vincent p. norris" wrote:

And of course the schhhhick of the finely tuned Norris making wispy
shavings. Right?

Somehow, I suspect you're NOT talking about me. I can't remember ever
going "schhhhick" and I'm certainly not finely tuned.

Is that some kind of plane used in making bamboo rods?

vince, the norris variety.

Vince-

You made very nearly that same noise on Tom's front porch, popping open
Yuenglings a few months ago. :-)

One of your ancestors was a plane manufacturer in England, and happened to
produce some of the finest and most lusted after planes ever built. Their
most highly regarded (well, all of their planes are highly regarded, but...)
are their infill smoothing planes, which, as Chuck alludes to, can produce
"one-sided" shavings and baby's-butt-smooth finishes on even the most
difficult to plane woods.

http://www.antiquetools.co.uk/norris.html

I don't own one. :-( Yet. :-)

A Norris plane would not be the best tool for bamboo rod making, although
could come in handy whilst building a fly tying station or rod cabinet.

Bill

You made very nearly that same noise on Tom's front porch, popping open
Yuenglings a few months ago. :-)

I guess you're right, Bill. I just didn't know it was spelled that
way!

One of your ancestors was a plane manufacturer in England....

Probably not; my ancestors came from Ballybricken, County Waterford.

"Norris" is a corruption of "Norseman." As you know if you're a
faithful reader of Hagar the Horrible, the Vikings spent most of the
8th and 9th centuries raiding England, Ireland, and other places with
good food and drink and pretty women. (I've been accused of having a
strong family resemblance to Hagar.)

The three major cities of Ireland--Dublin, Waterford, and Galway--
were founded by Vikings who decided that living there was better than
up in Frozen Norway.

So there are lots of Norrises in both Ireland and England. I suppose
in some very distant way we're all related. (Them Vikings did a lot of
carrying-on.)

Thanks very much for the information.

vince