Joshua Clark is the founding father of Hyperkitten Instrument Firm, a enterprise devoted to sourcing and promoting high-quality classic hand instruments to individuals who truly use them. He started gathering and restoring instruments in 1999 after studying woodworking with hand instruments in a small townhouse and turned that zeal right into a enterprise in 2010 in Oxford, Connecticut. Through the years Joshua has shipped instruments throughout the U.S. and internationally, fastidiously inspecting and restoring every merchandise and providing unconditional ensures on each sale. His work gained wider recognition after being featured by Christopher Schwarz and in The Anarchist’s Instrument Chest, serving to the enterprise develop and thrive whereas he balances it with household life and a full-time job.
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Questions from our Discord buddies:
From George:
How has the market modified within the final 20 years? Has demand gone up or down? Are we at risk of working out of classic Stanley’s, and so on?
Pre-WW II appears to have been the “golden age” for hand instruments, and there was a shift to machines afterward, however are there any hidden gem instruments from the 50s, 60s, 70s?
From JMAWWorks
What are some manufacturers which might be surprisingly higher/much less recognized/inexpensive than the Stanley’s and Starrett’s on the market to concentrate on?
From Spenny
I’d love to listen to extra about how he got here throughout this chest.
I’m additionally questioning if he has ideas for locating instruments domestically.
From Chuck:
How do wood planes survive getting used for many years and stay is usable/resellable form?
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