High Praise from the Hand Tool Book Review Podcast
Ray Deftereos of Hand Tool Book Review is a fan of Traditional Woodworking Handtools, one of several hand tool books from the legendary Graham Blackburn. Take a listen…
“This is one of the best books I’ve read in terms of both covering a wide selection of tools, and being thorough enough that you come away with a new found understanding.”
For quality results and the joy of hands-on work, the contemplative approach of using handtools is replacing the need for the speed, noise, and detachment that comes with using power tools. To that end, Traditional Woodworking Handtools presents woodworking’s most essential handtools along with a description of what each one does and how it’s used. Responding to the demand for tried-and-true handtool know how, Traditional Woodworking Handtools is the user’s guide no woodworker should be without. Take look inside…
ABOUT HAND TOOL BOOK REVIEW
Ray Deftereos – a hand tool evangelist from South Africa — has been on a hand tool journey for the past two years, but found that good book recommendations were hard to find. This podcast is an attempt to rectify that problem. Now through close to a hundred books, he reviews the best ones on his podcast so fellow enthusiasts have somewhere to start on their journey of learning more about hand tools. Visit Ray at Hand Tool Book Review.
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