Jeffrey Parry & Son

Upon my first day at the bench beside my father I was given a  receiver to polish and true. Being only a child at the time, after a few brief moments of enthusiastic polishing I asked him impatiently; "is this good enough?" My father never looked up from his work when he inquired simply; "Is it perfect?" Glancing at the receiver I noticed the tiny scratches that remained on the area I'd just deemed completed and confessed; "Well, no.........". Then, at the precise moment of hesitation in my vioce my father quietly replied; "Then its not done is it?" It was a solemn moment for a young man and a lesson that I have never forgotten.

                                                                                                              -  Jeff Parry