GA Firing Line

What do you do

  • Hover

    Votes: 3 12.5%
  • Wipe and sit

    Votes: 10 41.7%
  • Birdnest

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • eww, i'm to uppidy to use a public tiolet

    Votes: 6 25.0%

  • Total voters
    24

Shemp

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Kalash Klub
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Mar 24, 2015
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Just bought one!!


“Shona Stool. 9" tall x 7" across.
Classic Tonga stool. The Tonga are a large tribe in Northern/Central Zimbabwe.
The men like to socialize, they will carry their own stool. This Stool has a very comfortable handle (the curved part). The top is slightly curved for a comfortable seat.

To treat the wood I have soaked it in turpentine and then applied Linseed oil.

This stool is hand carved then blackened/treated over a fire, then sanded smooth. If available the final finish will be clear floor wax. A man with such a stool would live in the rural in a Rondavel. These stools are quite comfortable and practical - do take care as the average Tonga man weighs much less than the average American.

I personally bought this stool in Zimbabwe during a long strange journey in the early 2000's. I would drive my old 1977 Peugeot 504 into a group of Rondavels and greet the people living there. The men would usually speak just enough English to communicate with. I would point to a nice Stool and indicate I wanted to buy it. Often trading a piece of clothing and some money. Smiles everywhere as these people were pleased to have a visitor, especially a visitor who would buy something and even gift a piece of clothing. Another of my great memories of Africa. Eventually I filled a 20' container of cool stuff to send home. Most of this cool stuff has languished in my house since 2004.”

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I wonder if that would support my fat ass. That could be useful on job sites