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Title: Don't try that at home
Review: A caution seems in order. Over the millennia many tools have been developed for working wood, but razors are not among them. Using a razor on a dense wood will result in "wood marks" on the razor, that is, in the best case. It can go horribly wrong.The only reasons that only "minor marks" can be seen here is that the haze of sanding marks and sanding dust overlies everything.On the positive side the book is well printed and bound, and of course wood is so beautiful that even the treatment doled out here can not obscure its beauty entirely. Somebody who never saw wood or does not own any proper woodworking tools may be impressed by this book. However such a person would do a lot better with the "Good Wood Handbook" by Jackson & Day (cheaper too!).
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