Doug Evans
06-06-2003, 8:55 PM
Bob Fenn has done a lot of antique restorations and repairs for me over the years (turning an ivory ring for a rosewood Ultimatum brace, doing a set of Howrth chisel handles up, etc.). It is indeed Bob who did our first Panels and Jointers. Bob does the octagon boxwood handles for our bench chisels and the beech Addis-style carver handles.
I asked Bob to make a special set of carving chisels for me with some ebony turning blanks he had kicking about. In addition, I purchased some Macassar Ebony and Holly for the box. I think you will agree that he does some spectacular work based on the photo below. The panels on the box are raised above the frame so as not to allow the fragile ebony to get damaged over time. He managed to do all of this and hand me a small scrap of maccassar and a 1"X1"X4" piece of holly left over from the job.
I just cant get over how good he is at his craft. I ask for a lot of weird heavy duty things and every time I go over to pick up the results, I am simply blown away! His work is sometimes superior to the original 19th century stuff that I give him.
Just wanted to pass this along.
Doug
I asked Bob to make a special set of carving chisels for me with some ebony turning blanks he had kicking about. In addition, I purchased some Macassar Ebony and Holly for the box. I think you will agree that he does some spectacular work based on the photo below. The panels on the box are raised above the frame so as not to allow the fragile ebony to get damaged over time. He managed to do all of this and hand me a small scrap of maccassar and a 1"X1"X4" piece of holly left over from the job.
I just cant get over how good he is at his craft. I ask for a lot of weird heavy duty things and every time I go over to pick up the results, I am simply blown away! His work is sometimes superior to the original 19th century stuff that I give him.
Just wanted to pass this along.
Doug