John Jordan or similar 3/8" hollowing tools

[Ricc Havens]

Looking for 3/8" John ordan or similar hollowing tools with 3/8" shafts.

Thanks
Ricc Havens
rv.havens@gmail.com

 

[Darryl Fective]

Looking for 3/8" John ordan or similar hollowing tools with 3/8" shafts.

Thanks
Ricc Havens
rv.havens@gmail.com

Lower part of this page has them listed. Vicky has been trying to keep up with fulfilling tool orders. It must have been a lot to suddenly learn and take over.

 

[John K Jordan]

Those are great tools, as I'm sure you know. I have his handles too.

I sure miss that guy.
This is the last picture I took of him, at the NC symposium with Melissa and Graeme Priddle.



I had the distinct pleasure of having him stay in our guest room once and visit the shop.


And this is one of my favorite pictures, the infamous year at the TAW when it snowed (2010)
Doug Thompson, the other John Jordan (the famous one), grand master John Lucas, and me.


JKJ

 

[Ricc Havens]

Lower part of this page has them listed. Vicky has been trying to keep up with fulfilling tool orders. It must have been a lot to suddenly learn and take over.

Darryl, Thanks for the link. I must have had bad links in my google search as I got page not found errors" when I clicked on links for his site. So I had assumed the family had shut it down. If I don't have anyone that responds with an offer to sell their tools I will see about making a order.

JKJ, great photos and memories for you. Wish I had had te opportunity to meet him. I did meet Graeme and Melissa at the 2022 Rocky Mtn Symposium when me and a friend traveled out to take a class at Trent Bosch's studio and stayed for the Symposium.

 

[John K Jordan]

I did meet Graeme and Melissa at the 2022 Rocky Mtn Symposium when me and a friend traveled out to take a class at Trent Bosch's studio and stayed for the Symposium.

Graeme and Melissa are fantastic. I had the pleasure of visiting their shop in Asheville a while back - I took them a big tub of wood I cut and dried (told me he only works with US domestic species) and he started loading the tub up again with some wonderful Madrone a friend sends from somewhere in the NW. (Did you know Graeme likes to turn eggs? He showed me some in a gallery close by - after seeing those, I started cutting/drying interesting egg-sized blanks for him!) At one symposium I turned a "magic wand" for them - he tried to use it influence the benefit auction in his favor. (it didn't help) What fun people! I saw them and Vickie and some others at the ceremony at Arrowmont dedicating the John Jordan Center for Wood shop. After the hurricane wiped out part of the TN/NC mountains I couldn't reach G&M by phone which was troubling - but eventually he contacted me and they had been in Canada for a few weeks teaching and their house, all their friends in the area, and their cat were all ok!

A few years back I had the incredibly good fortune of being invited to a class with John and Clay Foster - I had never met Clay before. What a wonderfully creative team. Clay started each day with a reading from the book "My Grandfather's Blessings." (of course, I then had to find my own copy!) Hollow form turning, carving, metal-forming, surface treatments, milk paint, working with unusual materials - eggshells, sycamore seed pods (?!), acrylic someone brought, and so much more - expand your mind! One guy hauled in a big maple log for green hollow form and bowl blanks. Instruction, discussions, assignments, ideas, guidance, evaluations - what a great week.



I see John is wearing his "Big Monk Lumber Co" shirt - Pete is another incredible guy!
I'm beginning to get this strange impression that all woodturners are incredible.

One guy at the class glued pieces of broken eggshells of various colors into a recess in the top rim of a small bowl - I wouldn't have thought of that in a lifetime! The end result was beautiful.



I made this "pod box" there: african blackwood, dogwood and cherry from my farm, brass wire someone brought. The knob for the box lid was a piece of coke from the blacksmith class also meeting that week. After hours I turned an off-axis handle for an axe one of the guys forged. Good clean fun!



JKJ

 

[Ricc Havens]

You have had some great experiences! Nice turnings too!!

 

[Darryl Fective]

That eggshell inlay is unique. Pretty cool look to it.

 

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