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Yes, Japanese saws are great performers especially for detail work and is a different technique that western saws. I use both, it does not have to be either or. The one downfall of the thin kerf...

I don’t have a lie Nielson but other quality brands and lots of vintage. There are several, good new saw makers out now, all about the same price range. Fine Woodworking did a review of many of the...

“I picked up a shapton 16k and honed a plane iron on it, used Cosman’s technique setting a bevel with a 1k dmt then straight to the shapton, my initial opinion is that it works,”

Yes, it works....

Each competitor can bring the wood of choice or rent a log at the competition. Cedar is often used for its clear grain structure, strength and producing consistent thin shavings.

The shaving must...

So, How thick is a glue line?

Film, something many of us are familiar with works well for polishing an edge, but really how sharp, flat and precise does a tool edge need to be? That is something...

The last few years there has been a resurgence of hand tool woodworking and folks have begun to look at lost practices and efficient use of hand tools. A good newer resource is “Mortise and Tendon”...

The old “round your edges on a strop” is another wood working myth.

Stropping is stropping, if you do round an edge, too much pressure and or lifted the heel. A few swipes of each side with a...

So, a good group of woodworking mentors all, try adding David Charlesworth (ruler micro back bevel) and Deneb Puchalski for precision honing.

You must decide how precise your plane and chisel...