A comprehensive study of man's first tool. Hundreds of color photos, line drawings and historical facts make this book a must-have for collectors, historians, antique buffs, do-it-yourselfers or anyone who has ever used a hammer. Tools and Trades is the exclusive distributor for this book.

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Title: The Improved Hammer - A Guide to the identification, history and evolution of the hammer
Publisher: David Pahl
Publication Date: 2022
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New
Weight: 4 pounds
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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We offer a curated selection of books about traditional hand tools and skills, making tools, creating beautiful objects in wood, early technology and more. This can include cabinetmaking, furniture building and other projects; early 20th Century trades textbooks and manuals; reference books on early technology, books on early skills and processes, the classic studies of tool categories such as marking gauges, wooden planes, saws, etc.; and of course, tool catalogs from dozens of companies, well-known and obscure.

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