Hi there David -
Thought you might be delighted / moved / flattered / smug / a combination of any or all of the above to learn that on showing the famous Hodson D'uke to all comers at a recent summit conference of uking folk, oohs and aahs were the order of the day. One particularly lugubrious Lancastrian picked it up, cradled it, turned it over - in fact, stared for an unseemly amount of time, before staring me straight in the eye and smiling. "That," he said, solemnly and slowly, "is the most beautiful ukulele I have ever seen..." And he looked as though he'd seen a few.
Cheers, Rufus Yells