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Sharpening Stones

I was one of the early adopters of Japanese water stones for honing edges on tool steel. They are fast, they give a superb edge, and are relatively cheap. These are the manufactured stones by King,...

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Making Contact

As ever there are always emails coming in from your guys. Often in response to the workshop ‘woody nooz’ newsletters. Peter Bragg responded to a piece about planes: Dear David, I have tried and tried...

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woody feedback & advice

Hi David. I use a No: 5 Stanley bench plane, I use it for jointing on a shooting board and cleaning up timber, I replaced the blade with a Smooth Cut Japanese laminated blade, it takes and holds a...

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Straight from the horse’s mouth

Hello David, I am an ex-engineer; 4 year apprenticeship; worked as a toolmaker for 10 years. Why can’t they keep the chisel cool with water to stop it bowing? I used to grind hundreds of punches and...

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Modern British hand tool manufacturers just don’t seem to “get it”

Good morning to you David, It’s refreshing to hear what a useful review should tell you all of the time, warts and all. It has baffled me for some time why the remaining British manufacturers just...

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No holds barred censorship

Thank you, David, for these no-holds-barred email newsletters. I agree with you regarding the Lee Valley/Veritas planes. I made the mistake of posting your comments, along with mine, on a popular US...

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Endless dissatisfaction – More Steel Woes

Hello Mr. Savage, This message is not to discuss a place in your teaching workshop, I write here as I did not find any other e-mail address [due to spambots and such it is a little too risky for us to...

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An article about carbon steel

CARBON STEEL I Know! I Know! when it comes to tools I become a reactionary, disgruntled, old fart, a description for which I, regrettably, can not apologise. When I am asked to review modern...

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Chisels in Australia

Hi David, I read your emails and blog with great appreciation – for your honesty, insight, generosity and humour. I have yet to buy a single Lie Nielsen product but I am eyeing a few, probably a block...

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