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Re: What makes the "handtool" look?Response To:
Re: What makes the "handtool" look? () TomD
"But what I am looking for is a more "human" touch. And I think most people recognise that imediately. Handtools are then just a means to an end.
No round over router bits, but carefull chamfers flowing in and out of the wood."
The funny thing is that the California round-over school of thinking was in part to make furniture touchable. The stuff that shows a human touch is often a lot less comfortable to be around. It doesn't have to be if we are talking clover leaf or pie crust edges. When my kids were young (I won't bore with pictures) I put a Becel Margarine container on their heads to function as a helmet, so they wouldn't be gored while crawling around the furniture. Character building.
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- What makes the "handtool" look?
- David Pye's thoughts
- What doesn't result in a hand tool look *PIC*
- Thanks gentleman
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- This is a line of thought often
- Chamfers on rails and styles
- Edit: incomplete thought.
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- Re: What makes the "handtool" look?
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- What is the objective
- What doesn't result in a hand tool look *PIC*
- David Pye's thoughts