Things from HobWerx
Year of The Rat 4706
October 7, 2008 AD
1358 hrs CST
HobWerx, Inc. World Headquarters
Stormcrow Ranch Facility
Boone, IA
USA
"Squirrel Corn Capital of The World."
Constant Reader~
I am attempting to post a couple of pics. so that some might see what I work on--one of the many passions I pursue with rabid abandon.
The one on the right is called "The Value of Salt," or "Tansu's Lament." This was a private commission and a gift. It again is red cedar, but bound in black metal with brass highlights.
Although both turned out well, I am not completely happy with either. I suppose that is the craftsman in me.
Some notes: The wood I use has to be at least 80 years old. I use yellow pine, red cedar, ash and coffee wood exclusively, though most oftenly cedar with various stains. As much as I'd like to work with oak or mahogany, blocks of said wood are currently beyond my humble funds. The fittings are all solid brass, with the exception of Tansu's Lament which is black steel and solid brass.
Three other designs have been built and delivered: Hob's Foray, Love's Constraint. and Hope's Future. These too reside in a private collection. I have clear designs for seven total, and notes and sketches for another ten more in my notebooks(I am particularly drawn to a design called Moon and Stars--dark wood with brass highlights)
Please do not bother me with requests. If, and when, I ever decide to sell these glorified paperweights, some of you will be the first to know through my field representative TA. Should the time arise, she will handle all requests, mailings and billings of the entire Eastern seaboard, from Cuba to Nova Scotia and west to The Mississippi river. Smart lady, that one. Now I just gotta break the news to her that she has been promoted.
One last item: don't bother trying to copy these designs. To be sure they are easy to create, but they cannot be duplicated. And I have and hold both copyright and trademark status for the next seventeen years. So, were one to steal my design, how much money and time do you have to spend in court? That is fair warning enough. If you doubt the veracity of my claims please do some research into patents under the names Buechler and/or Wear. That is my family, and we are adept at protecting our ideas and have the bills from lawyers to prove it.
As to me, I prefer to be non-confrontational. Allow me to be a quiet craftsman in a tiny town in the Midwest. I would ask no less of you, where ever one might reside. Perhaps if one were to merely ask, a deal could be struck, one which would be mutually beneficial. But those days are three to six months down the line.
Through it all, I always,
Rage, rage,...
~Hob
