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Japanese tools are manufactured to perform at the high level top craftspeople demand, but they work differently from Western tools—saws cut on the pull, not the push—and need to be properly maintained to provide decades of useful service. Covering four major tool categories—plus sharpening stones—the authors guide the woodworker or hobbyist step by step, using detailed lin
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Paperback, 96 pages
Published September 1st 2006 by Stone Bridge Press
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This book needs about twice the content and an editor to be worthwhile. If you can get it for free, sure, read it. Otherwise, buy and read Odate's "Japanese Woodworking Tools." If you want more, get another book or read Odate again. ...more
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