Hand Tools-Collecting

Alvin Sellens   A terrific assembly of hand tools with more than 4500 images from catalogs, trade literature, and hand drawings. A fascinating chronicle of... [read more]

D. Cook,S. Lawrence Whipple   So you favor hand tools? Here's how to get the most out of the ultimate and most ancient of hand tools, the... [read more]

Garrett Hack,John S. Sheldon   This is the best book on handplanes: pretty pictures and good info. In it is everything from rare and fancy collector's planes... [read more]

Sandor Nagyszalanczy   From the secret stashes of fine tool collectors, Nagyszalanczy has ferreted out some of the most beautiful hand tools we've ever encountered.... [read more]

Thomas L. Elliott   Revised and expanded edition to A Guide to the Makers of American Hand Planes, in a handy, carry-along size for auctions, sales,... [read more]

Emil Pollak,Martyl Pollak,Thomas Elliott   Here's the much enlarged 4th edition of the Pollak's classic reference on American wooden planes. If you want to know who made... [read more]

Eric Sloane   An absorbing and profusely illustrated book that describes in detail scores of early American tools and the wooden and metal artifacts made... [read more]

Kenneth L. Cope   This book details over 1000 fully indexed and illustrated patents, covering all American machinists' tools patented between 1905 and 1916. You'll find... [read more]

Henry C. Mercer   Henry Mercer collected every kind of tools for his unique museum in Bucks County, PA. This volume collects photos and insight about... [read more]

Sandor Nagyszalanczy   Sandor Nagyszalanczy's photos make the tools look good enough to eat. This is the paperback version of the original by the same... [read more]

R. A. Salaman   If you ever expect to tell a twybill from a travisher, you will need this essential reference. It is comprehensive and authoritative,... [read more]

Robert Grimshaw   First published in 1880, Grimshaw remains the definitive work on all types of hand and machine saws. There's loads of practical information... [read more]

Joseph Moxon   First published in 1678, this is the earliest English book illustrating the tools of various trades and their uses. A unique insight... [read more]

Herbert P. Kean   Whether for collecting or for use, you can bring old tools back to life. This little volume is full of practical advice.... [read more]

Emil Pollak,Martyl Pollak,Emil S. Pollak,Charles F. Hummel   Here you'll find 55 articles from the last 60 years on old tools and Colonial-era trades, reprinted from the journal of the... [read more]

Greta Arwidsson,Gosta Berg   This scholarly study shows and describes the Viking-age blacksmithing and carpentry tools found in a buried wooden box in Sweden. The find... [read more]

Mark Duginske,Garrett Wade,Garrett Wade,Garrett Wade Company,Dick Frank   This book looks a lot like the familiar Garrett-Wade catalog, but if you get into it you'll find there's a lot more... [read more]

Dana Batory   Here, for the first time, is an illustrated guide to four manufacturers of vintage woodworking machinery: Fay & Egan, Yates-American, Defiance, and... [read more]

Donald Rosebrook,Dennis Fisher   Chronicles over 200 years of planemaking and follows the development of this woodworking workhorse from its beginnings to its elevation into an... [read more]

The long-awaited treatise on a master's techniques for turning bowls, vessels and spindles. A well-organized... [read more]

Here are three of Taunton's excellent reference volumes that provide overviews as well as details... [read more]

How to select, season, and build with any kind of wood This well organized and comprehensive... [read more]