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Hand Tools-Collecting

Many woodworkers love to collect antique woodworking tools, especially Stanley planes, chisels, braces, levels and rules from the 19th and 20th centuries. Here are books about choosing tools to collect, price guides, and identification encyclopedias, along with information about repairing and restoring old woodworking tools of every kind. See also Hand Tools.

On sale hand tools-collecting books

book cover unavailable Tools Rare and Ingenious: Celebrating the World's Most Amazing Tools  NEW!

Sandor Nagyszalanczy   From the secret stashes of fine tool collectors, Nagyszalanczy has ferreted out some of the most beautiful hand tools we've ever encountered.... [read more]

$37.00
Sale! $24.42
book cover unavailable American Machinist's Tools: An Illustrated Directory of Patents

Kenneth L. Cope   This book details over 1000 fully indexed and illustrated patents, covering all American machinists' tools patented between 1905 and 1916. You'll find... [read more]

$29.95
Sale! $24.26
book cover unavailable Ancient Carpenters' Tools: Illustrated and Explained, Together with the Implements of the Lumberman, Joiner and Cabinet-Maker in Use in the Eighteenth Century

Henry C. Mercer   Henry Mercer collected every kind of tools for his unique museum in Bucks County, PA. This volume collects photos and insight about... [read more]

$19.95
Sale! $13.57
book cover unavailable Dictionary of American Hand Tools: A Pictorial Synopsis (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Alvin Sellens   A terrific assembly of hand tools with more than 4500 images from catalogs, trade literature, and hand drawings. A fascinating chronicle of... [read more]

$39.95
Sale! $26.37
book cover unavailable Dictionary of Woodworking Tools

R. A. Salaman   If you ever expect to tell a twybill from a travisher, you will need this essential reference. It is comprehensive and authoritative,... [read more]

$39.95
Sale! $39.15
book cover unavailable Restoring Antique Tools

Herbert P. Kean   Whether for collecting or for use, you can bring old tools back to life. This little volume is full of practical advice.... [read more]

$19.95
Sale! $19.55
book cover unavailable The Art of Fine Tools

Sandor Nagyszalanczy   Sandor Nagyszalanczy's photos make the tools look good enough to eat. This is the paperback version of the original by the same... [read more]

$24.95
Sale! $16.47
book cover unavailable The Ax Book: The Lore and Science of the Woodcutter

D. Cook,S. Lawrence Whipple   So you favor hand tools? Here's how to get the most out of the ultimate and most ancient of hand tools, the... [read more]

$22.50
Sale! $15.30
book cover unavailable The Handplane Book

Garrett Hack,John S. Sheldon   This is the best book on handplanes: pretty pictures and good info. In it is everything from rare and fancy collector's planes... [read more]

$24.95
Sale! $16.47
book cover unavailable Vintage Woodworking Machinery: An Illustrated Guide

Dana Batory   Here, for the first time, is an illustrated guide to four manufacturers of vintage woodworking machinery: Fay & Egan, Yates-American, Defiance, and... [read more]

$21.95
Sale! $16.66

More hand tools-collecting books

book cover unavailable A Field Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes

Thomas L. Elliott   Revised and expanded edition to A Guide to the Makers of American Hand Planes, in a handy, carry-along size for auctions, sales,... [read more]

$24.95
book cover unavailable A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes

Emil Pollak,Martyl Pollak,Thomas Elliott   Here's the much enlarged 4th edition of the Pollak's classic reference on American wooden planes. If you want to know who made... [read more]

$39.95
book cover unavailable A Museum of Early American Tools (Americana)

Eric Sloane   An absorbing and profusely illustrated book that describes in detail scores of early American tools and the wooden and metal artifacts made... [read more]

$8.95
book cover unavailable A Price Guide to Antique Tools

Herbert P. Kean   Herb Kean adds more tools and brings all his prices up to date for 2000, in this inexpensive paperback. Use it at... [read more]

$17.95
book cover unavailable Grimshaw on Saws

Robert Grimshaw   First published in 1880, Grimshaw remains the definitive work on all types of hand and machine saws. There's loads of practical information... [read more]

$19.95
book cover unavailable Mechanick Exercises

Joseph Moxon   First published in 1678, this is the earliest English book illustrating the tools of various trades and their uses. A unique insight... [read more]

$25.00
book cover unavailable The Fascinating World of Early Tools & Trades

Emil Pollak,Martyl Pollak,Emil S. Pollak,Charles F. Hummel   Here you'll find 55 articles from the last 60 years on old tools and Colonial-era trades, reprinted from the journal of the... [read more]

$24.95
book cover unavailable The Mästermyr Find: A Viking Age Tool Chest from Gotland

Greta Arwidsson,Gosta Berg   This scholarly study shows and describes the Viking-age blacksmithing and carpentry tools found in a buried wooden box in Sweden. The find... [read more]

$17.95
book cover unavailable Tools: A Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia

Mark Duginske,Garrett Wade,Garrett Wade,Garrett Wade Company,Dick Frank   This book looks a lot like the familiar Garrett-Wade catalog, but if you get into it you'll find there's a lot more... [read more]

$40.00
book cover unavailable Wooden Plow Planes: A Celebration of the Planemakers' Art

Donald Rosebrook,Dennis Fisher   Chronicles over 200 years of planemaking and follows the development of this woodworking workhorse from its beginnings to its elevation into an... [read more]

$75.00

New items!

Wood Magazine: Router Tips, Jigs & Techniques (Wood Magazine)
$19.95
Sale! $14.96

The experts at Wood Magazine provide technical advice, projects, and practical tips, for that most... [read more]

Popular Woodworking - Complete Book of Tips, Tricks & Techniques (Popular Woodworking)
$22.99
Sale! $17.24

Here's a basic reference text from the editors at Popular Woodworking. Filled with tips and... [read more]

Simple Handmade Storage: 23 Step-By-Step Weekend Projects
$19.95

Where to put all of your accumulated stuff? Build some of these stand-alone and built-in... [read more]

Wood Magazine: Making Great Boxes (Wood Magazine)
$19.95
Sale! $13.57

More than three dozen lovely box projects from Wood Magazine that incorporate a variety of... [read more]