Tag Archives: tools

Leatherworker’s Tool Tote

Posted on Monday, March 5, 2012 by

Updated: Last weekend I finally finished the leatherworker’s tool tote.  It took time to figure out what needed to be included and handy.  Since the leather straps are fairly specific to the tool they hold, it pays to get it … Continue reading →

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Tool Tote

Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by

The shoemaker’s tote is essentially done and I had the chance to get a couple photos over lunch.  I will be adding more leather pocketing to hold tools but wanted to wait until I knew where things should be. This … Continue reading →

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Shoemaker’s Toolbox W.I.P.

Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011 by

Lunch-time post: I began working on a shoemaker’s toolbox this weekend.  It’s based on an eighteenth century design but probably goes back further.  It will have leather “pockets” for the awls and some long tools.  The difference between this and … Continue reading →

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Tool Museum

Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2011 by

If you love beautiful tools (if you don’t, you should) there is a remarkable web page devoted to some remarkable historic tools.  I hope to see these in person someday.  I hope  I get to Michigan or find him on … Continue reading →

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Hooked

Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 by

  Bone fish hooks made in the last week.  I have made a few in the past but NEVER fished with them.  They are plentiful in Village contexts along the Missouri River, all over Europe, and many other contexts.  It … Continue reading →

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New Power Tool

Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by

A Yankee 1545 two-speed ratcheting four function drill circa 1918.  I am in love with it.  Will post photos when I clean and refurbish it. The pinnacle of drills.

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Low-Tech Library

Posted on Friday, November 19, 2010 by

An amazing library of agricultural, construction, cooking, medicine, animal husbandry, soap-making, and just about anything else of use: http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/index.htm.  The concept is to make this information available to parts of the world devastated by the consumer/colonial nations but it is … Continue reading →

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Woodworking site

Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by

I recently stumbled on an excellent woodworking website aimed at traditional hand tool users.  The information is great and the site is easy to navigate.  The “Masters’ Library” alone is worth the visit. Here are a couple of images from … Continue reading →

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Folding Camp Funiture

Posted on Sunday, March 8, 2009 by

I’ve been making folding camp furniture.  The stools are sometime called “pea-pickers”.  They were somewhat difficult to figure out without a plan but some photos of others and experience making other furniture helped. They’re not as easy to make as … Continue reading →

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Shaving Horse

Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 by

Here is a photo of my favorite shaving horse. It is made from a plank chainsawed from an enormous pin-oak limb that came down during a storm a few years ago. It weighs quite a bit but the weight means … Continue reading →

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