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   suetr | Jan 09, 2021 12:09pm | #1

   I had the thrill of taking many weekend workshops with Phil at Lie-Nielsen. He was an inspired teacher and a good and delightful man. I felt so privileged to know him and to consider him a friend. I will miss him greatly, and I will always remember every lesson I learned from him. He was a giant.

   
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   john_c2 | Jan 09, 2021 07:41pm | #2

   I had the great pleasure of taking a few classes with Phil in Beverly. He was an amazing teacher, and a fine man.

   Two minutes into an Intro to Carving class, he took a brand new Swiss Made carving tool from us, jammed it into a Baldor grinder, and said "Now we are going to learn to sharpen from scratch." Within an hour, we all could.

   Phil started sharpening back before diamond stones, ceramic stones, and water stones. They had India stones and oil stones. Phil had this combination India stone that looked like it may have been part of a meteor that crashed to earth. Flat? Not in any sense. It was dished and gouged. And it did what he needed, quickly, and back to work. Every time I feel I need to flatten a stone, I think of the work he did.

   He was a giant.