Collectible Hand Tools (The Collectible Series) - Softcover

Dominique Pascal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2080304380 ISBN 13: 9782080304384

Publisher: Flammarion, 2004

Synopsis

Even in the era of the cordless electric drill, the stories in simple wooden hand tools appeal to collectors. Collectible Hand Tools offers a broad overview of the tools that craftsmen brought to the new world - and many North American originals - as they began to shave, carve, rivet, gauge, mark, saw, and join together their lives in the 200 years before the creation of mass-produced tools. Six categories of tools feature examples of traditional European and American designs for working wood, metal, and leather, as well as the hardest-working tools of all: those associated with building trades, including over a dozen specialized hammer shapes. The final chapter looks at unusual tool designs.

With over 400 full-color photographs accompanied by detailed captions and a section of useful addresses to guide the curious, Collectible Hand Tools is the perfect introduction to an absorbing hobby.

About this title

About the Author

Dominique Pascal, who loves all things small and collectible, is also the author of Collectible Miniature Cars and Collectible Pocket Knives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Flammarion
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2080304380
• ISBN 13: 9782080304384
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384