Hit 1000 hand forged bottle openers in my garage shop in Tulsa, and the weirdest part is the first 900
I was cleaning out the scrap bin last night and realized I'd stamped #1000 on one back in March, which got me wondering if anyone else keeps a count going on a single item and what number made you stop and go huh?
The "first 900" part got me. That feeling when you look back at a pile of work and realize most of it happened while you were just on autopilot, not paying attention to the count at all. I do that with firewood cords, hit 40 last winter and couldn't remember stacking half of them. The number sneaks up on you, then one day you stop and just stare at it.