West Dean Hand Tool event pictures

[paulchapman]

Had a great day at the West Dean hand tool event organised by Mike Hancock of Classic Hand Tools.

Phil Edwards was there with his range of hand-made Phillyplanes. Here he is pictured with Chris (Waterhead) on the right



And here are some of his planes



I had a very interesting chat with John Lloyd. John is a furniture restorer who also writes regularly in Furniture & Cabinet Making and runs cabinet making courses



It was nice to meet James Mursell of The Windsor Workshop



Garrett Hack an author/teacher from the USA was demonstrating some lovely inlay work using mainly shop-made tools





And Brian Boggs, also from the USA, was demonstrating his considerable skill with a spokeshave and draw knife





It was nice to meet up with some forum members (this side and the other side). Adam was there with his delightful little daughter



Thanks for the bees wax, Adam

BugBear (Paul Womack) who I had not met before



Rod (aka Robo and Harbo)



Rob Stoakley was there , seen here chatting to Mike Huntley, the new Editor of Furniture & Cabinet Making



Rob Brought along his pice of "wood from hell" and here's Deneb Puchalske from Lie Nielsen Toolworks trying to tame it



It was nice to meet Nick Gibbs of British Woodworking Magazine



And to chat to Mike Hudson of Clifton Tools who was there with his complete range of my favourite planes





Finally a picture of Waka talking to Mike Hancock about Konrad Sauer's planes (can't think why )



All in all, a fabulous day. It's on tomorrow so if you get the chance, do go.

Cheers

Paul

[Alf]

Ah, muchos gracias, Paul. Although why all these pics of people when there were tools and wood to take pics of... ;D And you lived to tell the tale after meeting BB; well done. ;D

Cheers, Alf

[paulchapman]

I sincerely hope that Mike will be able to organise similar events in the future. It was quite different from the usual woodworking events in that there was a lot of emphasis on using tools to make things rather than just buying stuff - and Mike was able to get some top class makers there.

An excellent format - well done, Mike

Cheers

Paul

[wizer]

The highlight for me was Mr Brian Boggs. I only wished I'd seen his demos from the previous days on spokeshaves. Tho, we did have the privilege of seeing him finish the chair he was making.



Interesting to see a master craftsman working bare footed



We watched him weave the seat out of Hickory Bark. This stuff is really interesting. It's just like lengths of leather. Very pliable, workable stuff. The aroma is lovely too.



I just couldn't get a good enough picture to do the finished article justice. I'm totaly in awe of his work. Interesting to hear that he is holding a course this coming week with a star studded list of attendees. Including Sir Charlesworth, Michael Ariou, James Mursell and our very own Phil Carpenter (Good Surname or What)

Definitely going to look out for his next UK course.

Here is a close up of the Hickory Bark.



Many thanks to Mike Hancock for putting on such a fantastic event. Here's to next year.

[wizer]

and one for Alf:



The Clifton stand.

[Alf]

Heh, heh - I actually like the chair ones even more, but thanks. ;D

Sheesh, glad I couldn't stick my name down for Boggs' class now - imagining coping with that lot as your fellow classmates.

Cheers, Alf

[wizer]

Indeed, the chair was a thing to behold. If it wasn't for my finger injury, I was tempted to ask if there where any last minute spare places on the course. I hope he come back next year. I have also emailed him about buying some of that hickory bark.

[paulchapman]

Over on the other side someone posted a picture of the scratch stock Garrett Hack was using to do his inlay work. Very simple but very effective. The cutter was held by a screw which just went into a hole threaded directly into the wooden stock



Cheers

Paul