Handmade, perfect in every detail.By Christopher Schwartz
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Issue #154, April 2006.
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If people ask me for my opinion on any type of tool, I try to offer them several options: Tool A if you are a woodworker of this type; Tool B if you are a different kind.
This is not true for marking knives. I have only one recommendation: Buy a marking knife from Blue Spruce Toolworks of Oregon City, Ore.
In the last decade I have used more than a dozen different marking knives from all over the globe some antique, some newly manufactured, some shop-made. After I sharpen them and force myself to use them for a month or so, I put them in the top left drawer of my tool cabinet with all my other marking knives.
I always reach for the Blue Spruce to help me in my daily work. Its not just because its an attractive and shiny tool (though it has good looks in spades), its because it is perfectly suited to so many tasks, is well-balanced and well-made by hand. It is the embodiment of what I try to achieve when I build a piece of furniture.
From the April 2006 issue #154
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