James grew up on an Ozarks farm where tools like axes and picks were still used in the daily routine and the blades of stockman's pocketknives served their original functions. Receiving his first pocketknife at age four he got it open by himself nearly a year later and spent his formative years wandering the woods with a succession of ever larger knives, a book of matches and a rifle.
A veteran of Vietnam, James also served in Alaska during a stint in the Army, receiving his first intensive culinary training by setting a record for extra KP at Ft. Richardson.
Settling in the Pacific Northwest after his discharge, James crewed on sailing yachts in local races, backpacked hundreds of miles of mountain trails in search of good trout fishing, and occasionally attended college.
His first serious job as a civilian resulted from answering a Seattle Post Intelligencer want ad requesting someone who could lift 120 pounds repeatedly and wasn't afraid of fire. James apprenticed to John Frazier -- the most knowledgeable traditional foundryman in North America at that time -- for the next six years.
Returning to the Ozarks James made his living by growing ginseng on a hand-terraced wooded hillside and selling handmade wood turnery, furniture, sculpture and architectural carvings. James harvested trees from his own land, processing logs into posts and beams and turnery billets with saws, axes, froes and planes. Since many tools he needed were no longer available, James built his own forge from a barbeque grill, a vacuum cleaner and a 55 gallon steel drum, found a chunk of railroad track for his first anvil, and taught himself blacksmithing -- creating his own knives and tools from scrap steel and sweat.
Changing economic pressures eventually forced James back to the restaurant industry in Branson, Missouri, and later to even more success as a maintenance engineer for one of Branson's largest condominium resorts. Finally escaping to Indiana, James now makes his living telling true stories as a freelance writer.
DOVO Barbers Shears | Hairdressing Scissors Razor Cut for Professional Stylists, Black Beauty 5 Inch
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The professional DOVO 5-inch Black Beauty Hairdressing Shear gives stylists perfect control over a long-lasting precise cutting action. Customize the cutting pressure and the grip for either European or Asian preferences.
Made for a clean razor cut, the shears cut with edges set at no more than 40 degrees, and both are ground and polished by hand. The precision sharpening ensures that the shears grip and cut hair cleanly without pushing the hair forward along the edge. Expect to cut exactly what and where you want, the first time. Hollow ground blades slip against each other with minimum friction, and the cutting pressure can be exactly set to suit an individual stylist’s tastes. Teflon coatings protect the steel and contribute to the smoothness of the cut. DOVO provides a polished metal finger rest screwed into one of the grip rings, but owners who prefer a simpler grip style can easily remove the slender stud.
In business for over a hundred years, DOVO specializes in personal care products including straight razors, scissors, and manicurist’s tools. Many highly skilled manual procedures go into the creation of DOVO scissors and other cutting tools. Standards remain high at DOVO, where most products are still hot drop forged. Daily production of scissors, DOVO’s highest volume product, averages about 1500 pieces. Seventy-five percent of the DOVO scissors forged in Solingen, Germany ship overseas to professional buyers worldwide. Each DOVO hairdressing shear comes with a lifetime warranty.
DOVO also makes some of the world’s best shaving equipment in the traditional style that professionals and perfectionists prefer. See the DOVO Straight Razor for an example.
James grew up on an Ozarks farm where tools like axes and picks were still used in the daily routine and the blades of stockman's pocketknives served their original functions. Receiving his first pocketknife at age four he got it open by himself nearly a year later and spent his formative years wandering the woods with a succession of ever larger knives, a book of matches and a rifle.
A veteran of Vietnam, James also served in Alaska during a stint in the Army, receiving his first intensive culinary training by setting a record for extra KP at Ft. Richardson.
Settling in the Pacific Northwest after his discharge, James crewed on sailing yachts in local races, backpacked hundreds of miles of mountain trails in search of good trout fishing, and occasionally attended college.
His first serious job as a civilian resulted from answering a Seattle Post Intelligencer want ad requesting someone who could lift 120 pounds repeatedly and wasn't afraid of fire. James apprenticed to John Frazier -- the most knowledgeable traditional foundryman in North America at that time -- for the next six years.
Returning to the Ozarks James made his living by growing ginseng on a hand-terraced wooded hillside and selling handmade wood turnery, furniture, sculpture and architectural carvings. James harvested trees from his own land, processing logs into posts and beams and turnery billets with saws, axes, froes and planes. Since many tools he needed were no longer available, James built his own forge from a barbeque grill, a vacuum cleaner and a 55 gallon steel drum, found a chunk of railroad track for his first anvil, and taught himself blacksmithing -- creating his own knives and tools from scrap steel and sweat.
Changing economic pressures eventually forced James back to the restaurant industry in Branson, Missouri, and later to even more success as a maintenance engineer for one of Branson's largest condominium resorts. Finally escaping to Indiana, James now makes his living telling true stories as a freelance writer.
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The professional DOVO 5-inch Black Beauty Hairdressing Shear gives stylists perfect control over a long-lasting precise cutting action. Customize the cutting pressure and the grip for either European or Asian preferences.
