Fundraising Auriou
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Hey fellow woodworkers,
I just read in a Hock Tools newsletter that Auriou (maker of hand-stitched rasps among other tools) is looking for financial support. Maybe that’s something for some of us to send a few bucks to. I did.
https://www.tudigo.co/don/sauvons-le-savoir-faire-auriou
I’m not associated in any way, but call a set of rasps my by them my own.
Thanks for this notification-was not aware of this. Paul has often bemoaned the many makers of traditional quality hand tools who have outsourced their production and sell tools which are a pale imitation of the quality demanded by previous generations of craftsmen using hand tools to earn their daily bread. We are seeing a renaissance of new makers and if we want to encourage a return to production of quality hand tools we have to vote with our feet and our dollars. Every time we buy a cheap poorly made rasp at the big box store instead of an Ariou rasp, or a poor quality chisel instead of a Ray Iles, etc, we are either sustaining this renewal of quality or crushing it-we will get the quality of makers we pay for. Not everyone can afford an Ariou rasp-if you can’t, try to send a few bucks to this campaign so they’ll be there when you can. Even better, if you need a rasp and can possibly afford it, buy Ariou. Craftsmen supporting Craftsmen.