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Greetings!

We’re already excited about this year’s Handworks show in Amana, Iowa. We hope you join us September 4-5 for this incredible weekend of hand tool woodworking. Jameel Abramson of Benchcrafted and his brother Father John Abramson have once again organized the best woodworking handtool show on the planet! Click on the poster below for all the details.

If you are not familiar (or if you are) with Luthiers Sans Frontiers-USA, you are in for a treat. In this newsletter we have an update on Luthiers Sans Frontiers-USA’s project bringing luthiery instruction to Pallotti School of Music in Belize. Read on to learn about this wonderful program.

Of course, if there’s anything you need from Hock Tools, please let me know.

Ron Hock

Hock Tools

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Retail 1-2020 Sharpening at Northwest Woodworking Studio

Sharpening Simplified with Shea Vollstedt at Northwest Woodworking Studio, March 28th.

All Around the World...

Spring & Summer Workshops for Woodworkers

Making and Caring for Hand Tools

Workshops March to August 2020

Join Us at Handworks 2020 !

Coming Again to Amana, Iowa,

Labor Day Weekend, September 4-5, 2020

Happy to Help Luthiers Sans Frontiers.

Luthiers Sans Frontiers USA

at Pallotti School of Music, Belize City, Belize.

Luthier Ute Zahn, Chair of Luthiers Sans Frontiers-USA, told us about LSF-USA's project in Belize at the Pallotti School of Music. They needed a couple of violin knives to use for training in luthier repair, and to leave at the school for future work on repairing violins, violas, cellos and such. Ute puts handles on these blades and brought them with her to Belize.

In an interview with Belize's Channel 5, Ute explained the situation,

“As you know in Belize, the climate is tropical; this is not something that the string instruments are designed for. And the weather, the humidity, it does certain things to the instruments so they have to really be cared for and looked after properly because they become hard to play after a while. So what we are trying to do here is just give the teachers an idea of how they can best care for the students’ and their own instruments so that they stay comfortable to play, they make a nice sound, the (sic) response musically."

The passion of these musicians and soon-to-be luthiers is inspiring, especially knowing music in Belize will move forward into a better future for everyone. Participants of the LSF-USA's Belize project were enthusiastic, to say the least; I believe we should be thanking them! - Linda at Hock Tools