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Robert Giovannetti of the Cherry Creek Woodworks blog (the guy with the Lie-Nielsen tattoo and a Schwarz-sized bench fetish) has done a nice interview with Ron Hock of Hock Tools.
Despite Ron’s youthful appearance, I consider him to be one of the grandfathers of the recent explosion of custom toolmakers. Ron started his business by making plane blades for James Krenov’s students. Then it grew into providing replacement blades for Stanley planes. In fact, one of the first things I did after I bought my first Stanley jack plane was to buy a Hock blade. It’s good stuff.
In any case, you can learn lots about how Ron got started in the business and why he does what he does over at Cherry Creek. It’s definitely worth a visit.
– Christopher Schwarz
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