Synopses & Reviews
This book is "the definitive reference for hand tools".--Workbench. In addition to logging untold hours in museums and libraries researching woodworking tools from 1700 to the present, the author has visited over 450 town and country workshops to see how the tools were used. Illustrated.
About the Author
The late Philip Walker served in the army and was a schoolteacher before settling in Suffolk, where he spent his time lecturing, writing and working in wood. In 1983 he founded the Tool and Trades History Society.