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    Apr 06, 2022 4 minutes

    COUNTRY WOODCRAFT: THEN AND NOW

    The “Then” in the title of this encyclopaedic tome on green woodworking refers to 1977 when Drew Langsner authored the original Country Woodcraft. Drew spent a summer in 1972 studying Swiss cooperage un-der the masterful eye of Ruedi Kohler. When Drew returned to the US, he and his wife Louise settled into an old farmhouse in North Carolina and started sharing their insights into traditional woodworking by running classes out of their old farmhouse.

    These classes introduced spoon carving and other European traditions to a whole new audience. Drew and Louise ran

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