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Que Arte - cuchillo de Paracho
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Richard Jernigan
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Joined: Jan. 20 2004
From: Austin, Texas USA
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RE: Que Arte - cuchillo de Paracho (in reply to estebanana)
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German Vasquez Rubio grew up in Paracho, Michoacán, Mexico. Most guitar makers there used to make their knives from old automobile leaf springs. Presumably the leaves were annealed, cut, shaped, tempered to harden them, sharpened and fitted with a handle. Some of the workshops I have visited in Paracho have very little in the way of tools. The workers rely heavily on their knives. Abel Garcia’s shop was the most well equipped one I visited, including a cabinet fitted with ultraviolet lights to give spruce a sun tan, but few, if any power tools. Arturo Huipe’s shop was well fitted out, but seemed little used. He had just returned from the Frankfurt Musikmesse, which might explain that, but there were more guitars in his humidity controlled storage room than he could have made in a couple of years. Back on the main drag, Francisco Navarro’s shop was well fitted out, and busy as he worked with his two teenaged sons. (2009) RNJ
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