This text shows how to use Japanese tools effectively and maintain them properly, and explains the role they play in traditional Japanese craftsmanship. It desc
For woodworkers, hand tools put the emphasis on the process of woodworking rather than the result. Yet hand tools also are essential to the highest level of cra
Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 is a book by Peter C. Welsh. It depicts the history of carpentry hand tools and their usage from the 17th to the 20th century.