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Beech trees grow abundantly throughout the temperate zones of Europe, Asia and North America. The wood is of very even denseness throughout the grain because of its relatively small pores evenly distributed through both the early and late growth of each growth cycle (annual ring). My first mallet was made

An old discarded gauge Sometimes we look at something and lament the neglect. The stem sticks in the stock. It's swollen now and has been for two decades. The brass, now tarnished has that musty smell of dampness and we say it's not worth anything, but

A saw by any other name could cut as sweet I have many favourite saws. One in each of the categories. You've seen them in past posts here on my blog. I don't collect them. I can't imagine the empty vanity in collecting good

Most people only talk about grain at the most superficial level of how it looks. We woodworkers enter the fibres. We tease the cells apart with the chisel's edge and search for weaknesses and strengths in the species. We want to know these intimate details so we can

I have been replacing doors at Penrhyn Castle and the oak I am using, as with all oak, can be a resilient wood and its  grain repels the onslaught of chisels the deeper you penetrate into the wood because leverage becomes difficult. I have never particularly liked the boring-holes-and-chiselling method

Hawthorn The texture of woodland growth, the shapes of oak, ash, cherry and sycamore cover the treetops after their naked wintertime. How to explain springtime's vibrant increase, no man can. Flowers add loveliness to the green leaf of grassland pasture and tree but the green brings ease to