As an owner of Garrett Wade I’m lucky to have access to all the tools we carry. Honestly I’m spoiled to be able to bring almost any tool home for a test drive. Many of them –especially gardening to… Read More
Lake Como lies north of Milan and just south of the Swiss border, in the Lombardy region of North Central Italy. Visitors are drawn there by the beauty of its alpine lake setting and its proximity… Read More
Over the last few years, there has been increasing interest in the traditional tools of the Japanese woodworker. This may be the result of curiosity about things that are different or new, but it i… Read More
In Northeastern Italy the flat farm plains meet the sudden rise of the Dolomite mountain range which separates Italy from Austria to the North and Slovenia to the East. A visitor there will find go… Read More
My name is Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé.I am a shoe & bootmaker, artist and educator. I hand-make bespoke shoes and boots, made to measure for individual clients. I am Swiss and Dutch – and… Read More
Stepping into my atelier you might notice the smell of leather, wood, shoe-polish, glue. You might notice the many tools hanging on one side of the wall. Above the two sewing machines a variety… Read More
