A Place to Rest: Form & Grain Timestand M Review

By Brent Robillard In what seems like another lifetime, I used to build guitars. Solid-body and semi-hollow electrics, mostly, made from maple, mahogany, sapele, walnut and ash, with fretboards of rosewood or morado. Carved tops were my favourite. There is something almost hypnotic about revealing the flowing grain of swamp ash or fanning the flame across a book-matched piece of maple. You sand it smooth, … Continue reading A Place to Rest: Form & Grain Timestand M Review

Bravo Watch-Palette Pool Party

by Brent Robillard Watch storage gets a splash of colour There is an irony to watch collecting that becomes increasingly obvious as a collection grows: eventually, you need somewhere to put all these things. Watch storage tends to fall into a couple of familiar camps. At one end are inexpensive boxes that do the job but rarely inspire much enthusiasm. At the other are beautifully … Continue reading Bravo Watch-Palette Pool Party