At age 25, US-born Devon Campbell is following his own road as a maker of fine hand tools for woodworking. It hasn’t been a straight path however. While completing a degree in maths he also studied musical composition, guitar and piano. The latter led to an interest in making musical instruments and finding work with Michael Anthony, a notable luthier.
‘Building musical instruments is rewarding’, explains Devon. ‘It involves using specific tools and fixtures, and even modifying tools from the ground up.’ In fact it was instrument making that fuelled
Devon’s ‘tool obsession’ and the realisation that he really liked ‘the
