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What they're saying..

We are pleased to inform you that your fishes have reached here in good condition and obtained a high reputation among our customers because they are so beautiful.......Niki Tiki ,Tokyo

Congratulations on making such a perfectly beautiful salmon with such elegance and character. I could not be more thrilled with it...Mary Tuely, Woodstock.

"I am thrilled to bits with the seal ! He is wonderful - such a cheeky, inquisitive look. I feel any minute he's going to follow me across the room - so full of life. He will be a treasured possession........... Diana Seacy, Edinburgh

It is difficult not to talk in superlatives about your fish. Long may they continue....Fish addict, Heidi Lichterman

More,more, more urgently required........Ronald Pile, Primavera

Snake is utterly beautiful.... maybe I shall wear him round my neck when I go to Oxford......he will be the pride of the collection.......Iona Opie.

you our so nace for mikin the toy fish. Thankeyuo for the toy fish. you our clever for mikin the toy fish and it must have tock a hoaer to micke.......Stephanie, Wolviston.

Thank you very much for my beautiful seal, which arrived safely today and has caused much jealousy around the office.. Gillian Ambers

I decided to give the fish to my son as a Christmas present. I would like you to know that this has made me the most popular mother in the United Kingdom, if not the Western World..Roma Schapiro

"The sea otter is the best thing I've ever seen".............Katie, 8½

I would normally hesitate to describe anyone as a genius but I think that in the field of wooden toys Jeff Soan is such a being, He has looked anew at an established simple toymaking technique, available to any one who cared to think about it and done wonderful, beautiful things with it, stretching it to new limits with great sensitivity. He seems borne along like a surfer in full flow, skillfully extracting every bit of creative energy from his wave of 'wobbly wood'...John Gould

I was actually in search of a new sofa and ended up buying the octopus and the full sized crocodile. It's not very comfortable but very much more interesting..... Laura Sykes, Putney

{winged mermaid } The Mermaid I ordered as a wedding present arrived safely. When we opened the box and saw the wonderful flow of her douglas fir hair, the beautiful shape of her body complete with rubber nipples and elegantly curving tail we knew we couldn't part with her! So here she stays and our friends get champagne instead......... Linda Irving-Bell, Oxford