F... Luthiers (21st C.)

From Boulogne, Buenos Aires, Argentina, he learned the basics of Guitar making at a 6 month workshop in 2005. Since then he has gone on to refine his skills making Guitars and a number of smaller chordophone including Soprano and Tenor Ukulele, plus a Cuatro that looks much more like a Baritone Ukulele than a traditional Cuatro. Plus his Requinto Guitars are the same size and tuning as a Guitalele. All of his instruments have a trade make small piece of black and white binding in one corner.

A cabinet maker and luthier from Honoka‘a, Hawaii, he has been working with wood since the early 1980's and this includes making all wood "Weissenborn" Guitars, and Concert and Tenor Ukuleles. He brands the Guitars and his custom Ukuleles under the name of his woodworking firm Windward Woods, (use to be a website?), but he was also the luthier who makes the own brand Hawi Ukuleles for Hawi Gallery. 

Tony Francis is a luthier from Waikanae, New Zealand who is most known for his Weissenborn style square neck acoustic slide guitars. He has been making instruments for some years and his back catalogue includes a number of Ukuleles; his website shows that the commissioning of a Ukulele from his is still a standard option. He Ukuleles are usually very traditional and based on the ones Hermann Weissenborn made with bridge pins and rope binding, but he did collaborate with Steve Evans of Beltona to make some crossover Concert Ukuleles using the Beltona resin back and sides. I have seen Lili's and square neck slide Ukuleles made by him, as well as the more standard models too

I'Iwi, (the brand name for his ukuleles), is a small Hawaiian bird, hence the bird on the headstock and on the Logo. Based in Makakilo, Oahu, he makes Sopranos, Concerts and Tenors. The ranges are sometime branded Gold, (for the best), and Silver, (for the lesser) series by some of the resellers and he does seem very prolific for just one man, however I think he builds everything on spec and doesn't do custom work?

Tatsuro Furubayashi learned to make instruments working in the Yukinobu Guitar and Violin workshop in Machida, Tokyo starting in 1998. In 2010 he opened his own workshop in Iruma, Saitama Prefecture making and repairing a wide range of instruments including Guitars and Ukuleles. I have seen all the standard scales of Ukulele from him including, unusually for a Japanese maker, Baritones. He often brands his Ukuleles F's Uke with a lowercase f on the headstock