Fish-overall –
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Lost Art Press Letterpress Bookplate –
Starting next week, all the books that I’ve written that we sell through Lost Art Press will be signed via a letterpress bookplate. For the last six months, I’ve been signing the books via a simple adhesive label. We wanted something nicer. These bookplates are about five times nicer and 32 times as expensive. These…
Stumps with Legs –
Three friends, all of red oak. The left stump (with a protective cover) is 25″ high; this is my favorite for hewing the exterior of a half-log bowl. The center stump is 28-1/2″ high – a sweet-spot compromise height (for my height). The right stump is 31″ high; it’s taller for spoon carving. The steel…
It’s the Fashion –
Humidors seem to come around in style every 25 years or so. The current cover of Popular Woodworking features a humidor; when I saw it, I had to chuckle. At around the time I started at F&W Publications (which owned PW at the time), humidors were all the rage. In July 1997, PW published a…
Update: Lost Art Press Headquarters –
I leave for England tomorrow to teach for two weeks at the New English Workshop and am looking forward to the break from the real estate game. During the last few months we have been on an Unfun House of Mirrors adventure through the land of commercial real estate. We almost ended up with a…
A Home for Every Hammer –
We’ve selected (by choosing random numbers and matching them up to the entrants in the order the emails came in) the winners of the Crucible Tool 5-year anniversary lump hammers engraved by Jen Bower, and the lucky 10 have been notified. Next week, these tools will be on the way to their new homes. (I’m…
‘More than Kit and the mountain lion’ –
It’s not often that I find book reviews a delight to read, but Yaël Ksander’s consideration of “Shop Tails: The Animals Who Help Us Make Things Work” in the Limestone Reader is just that. “If the life of a woman who has not only made a living but also distinguished herself over the past four…
For Those with a Good Library –
Jennie Alexander has asked for help getting a full cite on a quotation that gets thrown out a lot in the world of hand-tool woodworking. Here’s the quote: “Because people are dead, it does not follow that they were stupid.” This is often attributed to David Pye and is said to be from his book…
Sold Out: ‘Japanese Woodworking Tools’ Special Edition –
Note: We have sold out of our allocation of this title. Hardbound special edition with a slipcase. Signed, stamped and numbered by the author. Only 500 copies available. With upgraded paper, binding, cloth cover and endsheets. One of the most important woodworking books published in the 20th century, “Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit &…
A Sale Worth Investigating – Quick –
I don’t use this blog to flog you with commerce, but this is a link worth checking out today. ShopWoodworking.com has put a bunch of good titles (and one birdhouse book) on sale for 50 percent off. Except for the birdhouse book, this is all good stuff – including a bunch of my DVDs. This…