Folks
New stuff at the blog and the website.
The Blog
My Kingdom for a File: why we should give proper respect to files and rasps
http://toolemerablog.typepad.com/toolemera/
The Site
From Peter Evans comes a set of 1889 Nicholson File Co. Price Lists
http://www.toolemera.com/grr/index.html
Plus, a new Feature
The first installment of an ongoing link-list of free eBooks from Google Books, The Internet Archive and others. Finding stuff that we like online is a pain. Mike Wenzloff left this idea simmering in my brain, such as it is, which now you see as this link-list. The usual jump off place is the Toolemera Press Gateway
http://www.toolemera.com/grr/index.html
Enjoy and as usual, feel free to yell if you spot some errant grammar or peculiar spelling.
Best
Gary
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Then as it is now.. Prices for a 1889 file or rasp were expensive!
But worth every penny...
True... expensive but worth it. I figure that if you amortize the price of a good quality file or rasp over it's lifetime of use, it's really very cheap. Both files and rasps have been made commercially since the 18th C (maybe earlier too?) so there was clearly a market for them. Somehow I doubt that early craftspeople dumped them in the bottom of their Kennedy toolbox.GaryGary Roberts
Dedham, MA USA
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Did you see that they where priced by the dozen :), that catalog is lots of fun.Troy
where priced by the dozen ..Yes.. That is why I posted they were expensive :>)And talk about expensive.. Just imaging having to pay for this 100 pound tool box with tools.Sorry the picture is a bit big but you need to see the text for the tools included. From a reprint of a 1902 Sears catalog.
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