British Hardwoods Blog

We can happily say our Open Day was a resounding success! The day was well attended, with car parks completely full, spilling into street parking, but it didn't deter people from getting in.

If you are familiar with our annual timber sale in the past, the format was similar, however, now that we occupy two factories, we were able to set-up all the timber "lot" packs in one factory and hold our exhibition in the other.

We had a good range of exhibitors, with some selling their beautifully hand-crafted products and others demonstrating woodturning techniques, pyrography, use of classic hand tools and basic woodworking course skills.

The Blind Woodturner, Chris Fisher, had received quite a reception when he demonstrated turning a bowl blank with such precision and care. We all watched with admiration and fascination on the skills he displayed, and just watching him in action, you wouldn't believe he was blind. Needless to say, we were all so delighted to have him involved in our open day!

There were over 200 timber lots sold, alongside rough sawn and planed boards and specially selected boards from our Timber Shop.

The timber lots are ready to go

The Open Day is now Open!

The Little Oak Latch Company getting ready for the day

The Blind Woodturner, Chris Fisher, turning a bowl blank

The Blind Woodturner, Chris Fisher's stand

Evan Sent Crafts hand pyrographed art and gifts

Becky of Evan Sent Crafts demonstrating with finesse her pyrography techniques

Turners Retreat all set and ready for the day ahead

West Riding Woodturning Group showcasing and selling their turned products

Chris Tribe discusses his basic woodworking courses, along with customers taking a break amongst all the wood

Ben's Woodwork Gifts stand

More beautifully crafted products brought to you by Evan Sent Crafts

The Blind Woodturner's completed bowl blank

We would like to extend a hearty thank you to our exhibitors:

• Ben's Woodwork Gifts
• Chris Tribe Furniture
• Classic Hand Tools
• Evan Sent Crafts
• Pickard Hardware
• Spikings Handmade Pens
• Taylors Mirfield
• Chris Fisher - The Blind Woodturner
• The Little Oak Latch Company
• Turners Retreat
• West Riding Woodturners Group

Finally, thank you to all our customers who attended on the day, we hope you enjoyed the event as much as we did.

If you missed our open day, you can always call in and visit our Timber Shop where we stock specially selected boards, blanks, discs, planed timber and hobby packs.

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If you missed us at the North of England Woodworking Show, then come and see us at our Timber Shop Open Day on Saturday, 2nd February 2019 at 10am to 4pm.

We will have more wood than you can shake a stick at with the sale of our Native, European, American and Canadian hardwood timber stocks. We will have plenty of rough sawn, planed and calibrated boards, blanks, slices, thin wood, off cuts, along with specially selected boards that you will not want to pass up.

There will be craft makers showcasing and selling their wares, woodworking and tool demonstrations, taster sessions of our woodworking course led by Chris Tribe and your chance to meet and see in action The Blind Woodturner.

We look forward to seeing you all at our event!

British Hardwoods Timber Shop Open Day - 2nd February 2019

As another year draws to a close, we would like to thank you, our valued customers, for your continued support over the last 12 months. We have some exciting events lined up in the new year and you'll see further development of our successful timber shop. So, don't forget to save that very important date of Saturday, 2nd February 2019, with further news to follow in the new year - we guarantee you won't be disappointed!

The British Hardwoods team will take a well-earned break from 12.00pm on Saturday, 22nd December 2018 and re-open at 8.00am on Wednesday, 2nd January 2019.

Orders can still be placed on our online shop over the Christmas period, and will be processed on our return. Please feel free to send any enquiries by email, which we will attend to on our return.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to working with you in 2019.