Roy Underhill at St. Marie among the Iroquois

On June 14th and 15th, Roy Underhill, host of the WoodWright's Shop was at the Ste. Marie among the Iroquois, Liverpool, New York.  Ste. Marie is a unique  replica of the 17th century Jesuit Mission.

He did two demonstrations from noon to 5 pm both days.  On Saturday, I had the opportunity to attend for a couple of hours.  He's just like he is on tv, down home and comical.  The one thing that I found truly amazing was the fact  how easy it really is to work with hand tools.  He did some hewing of a log making it look effortlessly,  he did like 3 feet in less than 5 minutes.  That included stopping to talk and tell stories.  Many things that he has done on the show, he brought with him.

At the end of the show, I did have the time to meet him and get a picture with him.  I now I started watching the WoodWright's Shop about the same time I got my first VCR, that was in 1985.  If memory serves me correctly, I started watching the show prior to getting the VCR.

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