The Saturday unboxing video from Ben at http://www.crimsonguitars.com This week he opens, reviews and demonstrates a new boutique hand made spokeshave from Australian toolmaker HNT Gordon and co. and supplied by http://www.davidbarronfurniture.co.uk also check out Davids youtube channel at    / davidbarronfurniture  

The HNT Gordon Gidgee spokeshave, this one with a curved sole, is solid brass with rosewood handles and a hardened tool steel blade and is a beautiful example of the boutique toolmaking that is starting to take off around the world.

The best way to test and demonstrate a new tool is to use it and in luthiery the best job for a spoke shave is neck carving so Ben takes a raw custom neck from square to a perfect c-shape using the spokeshave for both roughing out and fine shaping.