As first days go, Randy and Linda Kirkendall’s as owners of the Warsaw Cut Glass Company was inauspicious to say the least.
“We made $11.73 our first day,”?said Randy?Kirkendall, who also serves as the shop’s lone glass cutter. “We looked at each other like ‘What have we done?’”
The Kirkendalls purchased the building at 505 S. Detroit St. in Warsaw from Jackson Dobbins in October 1980.
Dobbins and Randy worked together as Dobbins attempted to teach the young cutter the trade.
“I?got to spend 10 months with him,”?said Randy. “He was not in the best health.?But he gave me a crash course. I think he realized he didn’t have long.”
For much of their time together, Dobbins attempted to cram as much information as he could into each day.
When Dobbins started at the shop in 1914, as a 14-year-old, those wanting to cut glass would start by sweeping floors.
“We made $11.73 our first day,”?said Randy?Kirkendall, who also serves as the shop’s lone glass cutter. “We looked at each other like ‘What have we done?’”
The Kirkendalls purchased the building at 505 S. Detroit St. in Warsaw from Jackson Dobbins in October 1980.
Dobbins and Randy worked together as Dobbins attempted to teach the young cutter the trade.
“I?got to spend 10 months with him,”?said Randy. “He was not in the best health.?But he gave me a crash course. I think he realized he didn’t have long.”
For much of their time together, Dobbins attempted to cram as much information as he could into each day.
When Dobbins started at the shop in 1914, as a 14-year-old, those wanting to cut glass would start by sweeping floors.
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