"Our awesome shop teacher for the College of Architecture (including the schools of Industrial Design and Building Construction) did and excellent job of teaching us at least the basics of wood expansion and contraction. He's actually a big part of the reason why I became so interested in and involved with woodworking.Thanks, Tripp!"
"These are awesome, and I love her use of unique woods on the handles, but I feel that its worth mentioning that Peace Knives' Remanant series deserves at least a hat tip for being the groundbreaker on this concept.http://shop.pearceknives.com/category.sc;jsessionid=1E6BF5979409D31A91963310AEC5B579.m1plqscsfapp04?categoryId=2 Also worth mentioning that his fit and finish in unparalleled and they're all <10% the price of the Chelsea Miller equivalent.But hey, if people pay what you're asking, more power to ya!"
"This is such a cool story, and he has such a cool style. Thanks for this long, interesting, and incredibly inspiring article.I really need to get my stuff together and start building furniture that will get me on this show, haha! Thanks for the inspiration, Jory and Rain."
"*Gadoliniumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GadoliniumThese are all really clever ideas. I especially appreciate the return to traditional storage materials (terra cotta, slate, glass, etc. for different food types) instead of the modern 'throw it all in the fridge' approach."
"I have an immense respect for Japanese woodworking, and this is one of many reasons why.However, that glossy finish is definitely more than just a planed surface. Even if they are smoothing the grain down with force afterwards, its simply physically impossible to achieve that kind of surface finish without some level of finish, even if its at least just oil from your hands."