Hand Tools Archive

Subject:
Re: Japanese handtool makers video link

Gary Blum
Ah, it's been a lot of years since I've heard Robert Majors voice. Last time was about 1986, with him exhorting me to just be more patient and the Ulmia table saw and such that I ordered would arrive shortly. Of course, come to find out later that he had never even placed the order with the factory! He took several hundred thousand dollarrs of orders for tools ( all prepaid, of course ) and then moved to Hawaii. The last letter I got from the FBI said that he had spent it all in Hawaii and then committed suicide. What a sorry character. I just hope none of the small craftsmen and toolmakers that he dealt with got screwed also.

Gary

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