Sharpening Basics

300 photos show techniques for hand and power sharpening, modem techniques (including Japanese waterstones), plus tricks, shortcuts, jigs and fixtures for making tool-sharpening processes easier!

"...excellent...Spielman proffers much-needed information on how to sharpen chisels, saws, and other implements...." - (Booklist)

top hand tools books

Homemade Contrivances and How to Make Them - Skyhorse Publishing +w

2.  Sharpening With Waterstones - Ian J. Kirby +w 3.  Practicing Primitive - Steven M. Watts +w 4.  Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Jigs & Fixtures - Sandor Nagyszalanczy +w 5.  Functional Pottery - Robin Hopper +w 6.  Secrets of Lock Picking - Steven Hampton +w 7.  A Blacksmith's & Hammerman's Emporium - Douglas Freund +w 8.  Classic Hand Tools - Garrett Hack +w 9.  Table Saw Techniques - Creative Publishing International +w 10.  Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Sharpening - Thomas Lie-Nielsen +w

top house & home books

Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing - Lotta Jansdotter +w Brooklyn-based designer Lotta Jansdotter presents an enticingly easy to follow...  read more

2.  Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook - Martha Stewart +w 3.  How To Organize just About Everything - Peter Walsh +w 4.  Unclutter Your Life in One Week - Erin Doland +w 5.  D.I.Y. - Ellen Lupton +w 6.  Primitive Living, Self Sufficiency, and Survival Skills - Thomas J. Elpel +w 7.  Domino - Conde Nast +w 8.  The Big Book of Self-Reliant Living - Walter Szykitka +w 9.  One Year to an Organized Life - Regina Leeds +w 10.  Organic Housekeeping - Ellen Sandbeck +w