In a book that draws upon a lifetime of woodworking experience in the United States as well as insights gained through professional training at that craft as a youth in Author Graham Blackburn has produced an excellent guide for today’s woodworker to use in bringing traditional tools into use in the modern woodworking shop. Filled with excellent line drawings that illustrate the tools and the techniques of their use, this book follows upon a number of successful publications by this author. For the woodworker who has learned about tools and wishes to use them effectively or the collector wishing to gain insight into how classic tools were intended to be used, this work will be a welcome addition to the library.