George's Jewelry
George VondriskaDescription
Here’s a common question; “What’s with the necklace that George always wears, and that ring on his right hand?” If you’ve been watching George’s videos for a while, you’ve seen him wearing the jewelry for a long time. What gives? That necklace looks like a tooth or claw. Where’d it come from?
These questions are asked so often that we took time out from the last video shoot to give George a chance to answer them. The necklace goes back to George’s experience with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Africa. He’s had it for decades. The ring is part of a fraternal organization. Check out the video to learn more.
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Very nice! If you ever get to Central Illinois/St Louis MO join us!
Tell George he should get a Past Masters Ring he earned it.
Thanks for sharing. Nice to get a little bit of the personal touch.
Friendly advice from someone who watched people learn the hard way -- jewelry and power tools are a dangerous mix. I was with a guy who had his hand pulled into a lathe when his ring snagged on an edge. We couldn’t determine exactly what snagged because it happened so fast. He didn’t suffer a serious injury, but it sure woke everyone up and he was wide-eyed the rest of the day. Another guy had his necklace snag on a running table saw blade when he leaned in to look at something -- just ripped the necklace off and sent it flying 30 feet hitting the back wall hard. Guy number 3 was back in the long-hair-hippy days -- he leaned into a drill press as he was drilling and it grabbed his hair, smacked his head into the drill chuck and ripped out a nice chunk of scalp -- George doesn’t have to heed this one. :-) After witnessing this, I am the most cautious guy in the shop and people get irked with me because I am always stopping them to modify their behavior if I spot them doing something risky. I have jewelry cup on a shelf just outside the shop door and the rule is you don’t enter wearing it. I know, I’m like a one man OSHA department. Sorry.