Australian Wood Review

Henry Eckert Honing Guide Mk II

This review could have easily become a treatise on honing guides; their role in hand tool use and sharpening. The topic is a well trodden road, often full of unyielding ideas so instead let’s talk about my work, that is the day to day life in a furniture making and

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