My best friend died on Sunday of stomach cancer. He wanted me to have his machinist tools. The usual stuff is there, mics, calipers, etc. and some nice stuff of which I got a Pratt & Whitney 15" Master level.
As I was going through things, I came to a wooden Starrett box. Inside the box was a Starrett No. 456-A gear tooth caliper. Normally, this would have been a tool gloat worthy for posting on a popular home machining site. It just isn't a gloat when it was your best freinds. I will cherish this tool and will always think of my freind Tom when I use it. Tom was a great man and went before he should have. He was like a grandfather to my children and he was the big brother that I never had.
-Bob