Daniel Schwank was introduced to woodworking in 1994 by his Father-in-law at the time of his marriage.  From the outset, he had a strong interest in using hand tools and was drawn to period furniture styles of the 18th century.  While taking classes with Eugene Landon and Bess Naylor, both makers of period reproductions using period techniques, his interest in the methods and tools of pre-industrial woodworking intensified.  Classes with plane maker Tod Herrli followed soon after.  Being a tool-and-die maker, he found he had a skill set that easily transferred into making molding planes and other bench tools.  In 2014, he established Red Rose Reproductions with the objective of bringing resurrected hand tools to the market.  In 2017, he went to making tools full-time, and has added other tools to his offerings in the ensuing years, including dividers, floats, and various wood vises.