Signature
I
made several Signature grade mortas in 2005, more than ever previously.
But, I still had to spend a great deal of time fending off the
folks who wanted to order particular shapes without really
understanding that I just have very little control over what shapes
these bigger mortas are - They aren't like big briar blocks that I can
get a wide variety of shapes out of. The biggest morta blocks I
have are still very much "one shape" blocks - There's enough wood there
to get exactly one sort of shape from it, and that's that. In
some ways it can be frustrating because I don't have total creative
freedom as with briar, but in other ways it is a fun challenge, because
I really have to maximize the best use possible out of what limited
amout of material I have to work with.

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