This review is from: Dictionary of Leather-Working Tools, C. 1700-1950: And the Tools of Allied Trades (Paperback)
Look at all the nifty tools! We just received our copy yesterday, and I expect my husband and I will be competing for it until one of manages to get through it from cover to cover. As the title implies, the author covers almost any tool you could think of used for leather working in the last 2.5 centuries, including things like workbences and stools. 🙂 The book is arranged by trade – bookbinding, boot and shoe making, skinningk, tanning, finishing, etc, with the tools alphabetical by general type within each trade. Some of the descriptions are very brief, and the author spends more time in explanations of how more obscure tools are/were used than for common ones – which makes sense. Definitely enjoyable for the confirmed tool junkie.
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This review is from: Dictionary of Leather-Working Tools, C. 1700-1950: And the Tools of Allied Trades (Paperback)
This is a great book. I reccomend it to anyone who is interested in the history of the leather industry, or who is interested in getting into leather crafts. It is very informative and gives you an idea on what kinds of tools are used in leather work and how they are used. It makes a great reference source. It givr you an idea on what kinds of tools you’ll need for the differnt kinds of leather trades.
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This review is from: Dictionary of Leather-Working Tools, C. 1700-1950: And the Tools of Allied Trades (Paperback)
EXTREMELY VALUABLE BOOK FOR THE LEATHERCRAFTER INTERESTED IN TOOLS OF THE CRAFT. A MUST FOR YOUR LIBRARY AND HAS HELPED ME LOCATE SEVERAL ANTIQUE TOOLS THAT HAS ALLOWED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE TOOLS OF OUR FOREFATHERS.
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Fun for Tool Junkies and Leather Workers,
We just received our copy yesterday, and I expect my husband and I will be competing for it until one of manages to get through it from cover to cover. As the title implies, the author covers almost any tool you could think of used for leather working in the last 2.5 centuries, including things like workbences and stools. 🙂 The book is arranged by trade – bookbinding, boot and shoe making, skinningk, tanning, finishing, etc, with the tools alphabetical by general type within each trade. Some of the descriptions are very brief, and the author spends more time in explanations of how more obscure tools are/were used than for common ones – which makes sense. Definitely enjoyable for the confirmed tool junkie.
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A MUST FOR YOUR LIBRARY AND HAS HELPED ME LOCATE SEVERAL ANTIQUE TOOLS THAT HAS ALLOWED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE TOOLS OF OUR FOREFATHERS.
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