My Hand Tool Journey #1: The Journey Begins
stefang offered a challenge the other day for us to create a blog on hand tool use. That was good timing, because it’s been on my mind for some time now. This will be a series in several parts—I don’t yet know how many. If you are lucky, I will have the sense to know when to quit. If not—Well, I suppose you may stop reading and go do something worthwhile—Like work in your shop. I hope you stick around. As I’ve stated before, I grew up working in my Dad’s shutter shop in the mid 60’s. No, I’m really not that old, I just started very, very early. My first experience with hand tools wasn’t all that great. While Dad had a lot of gr...
