He also give good explanations of how he does it.

Jameel shows what woodworking is all about.   He is no stranger to power tools, yet hand tools abound in his work.

Khalaf Oud Luthiery is a site well worth exploring!

Bob

It is a delightful book with lots of [...]]]> Doug Stowe was doing fine craftsmanship professionally  since I was still going to camp.  His articles on woodworking and  teaching and performing fine craftsmanship published in Fine Woodworking are all great reads.   I have one of  his books,

Taunton’s Complete Illustrated Guide to Box Making

It is a delightful book with lots of great inspiration and examples.

Doug has been kind enough to grace the web with instructions for making a spoon making knife. It is a nice concise tutorial, where he details grinding, bending, hardening and tempering, as well as getting the handle on the knife.  He wrote up on the  Googles Knol site, where is is available for everyone.

I have only recently heard about Knols, a bit of a description and set of comments on Slashdot, and another reference to the knols on Doug Stowe’s website, Wisdom of the Hands If you are interested in the processes and theory of education, then his website will be of extra interest to you.

I love bent knives, and his directions are well laid out. Quite a body of good tutorials on the web these days.

The knols look interesting too.    My thought would be to detail each of the processes, Annealing, Grinding, Bending, Hardening and Tempering as seperate knols. Then with links to them as steps, write a simple guide to making a plane blade. The fun part is that after doing the one article detailing annealing, you could just reference it in other articles.

Bob

His are tiny, elegant and simple.  Using Krenov’s basic method, he shows how to make a great little plane.

With a few toothing blades from Lee Valley, or A top notch O1 plane blade, you could easily put together some really nice tools.

Bob

Bob

On the left is the new handle mortise being made.  On the right is the broken handle.  Note that the mortise on the new handle is smaller, in width and length.  This way, when [...]]]> In a previous post reviewing the Grizzly Japanese Chisels, I mentioned the repair of a Japanese Saw that had it’s handle broken.

On the left is the new handle mortise being made.  On the right is the broken handle.  Note that the mortise on the new handle is smaller, in width and length.  This way, when it is deep enough, I can shave off the sides and make the mortise fit perfectly.

Since the chisel I started the job with broke, I made an improvised chisel to finish the job.

I made the handle from a Shaker Peg. The flared end made it a great chisel for pushing with the palm. I may modify this a touch and make several more like it. I really like the feel of this for a handle.

Speaking of handles, the saw handle turned out quite nice.

Ash is strong, lasting and pretty.

Now I have a unique handmade version of a Japanese replaceable blade saw.

Bob