Comments on: Tools for Working Time

By: pmcgee

pmcgee — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:53:59 +0000

“After years of being free of the hammer monkey on my back, he is back on my back and hammering away at my skull.”

Hmmm … mighty fine wordsmithing there Mr S.

Back on the drink I see.
:p

By: Mark Maleski

Mark Maleski — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:03:45 +0000

They did a fantastic job with this. I admit to saving their last catalog out of a sense of nostalgia when I heard it would be their last catalog. But I think this miniature catalog is even better.

By: woodgeek

woodgeek — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:42:31 +0000

The cool blank paper in the middle is for doing perspective drawings–great for those of us that are artistically challenged–of future projects, I assume. = )

By: dmac4870

dmac4870 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:06:31 +0000

I especially got a kick out of the “blank” center page insert, which I assume is a very nice sheet of graph-ish paper to write out one’s wish list, sketch a project, or just doodle on as visions of good tools put to work on flawless wood float by. A classy addition to a fabulous catalog.

By: griz

griz — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:12:42 +0000

I received the catalog and was intrigued by the hammers. Stay away hammer monkey. I really need a good hammer but I can’t spring right now …

By: Bill Lattanzio

Bill Lattanzio — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:04:49 +0000

I received the catalog the other day and loved it! The only other on the market that comes remotely close to it is the Lie Nielsen catalog, though it still has a way to go.
I have a book called “The American Boy Handy Book” which is a reprint of a book published originally in 1890. It’s basically a manual of activities for the average boy to do indoors and out. This catalog from Tools for Working Wood is written in much of the same dialect and immediately brought it to my mind. It would be nothing more than a blessing to see more tool catalogs, and any catalog for that matter, written and published with so much thought put into them. It kind of brought to mind the golden age of American manufacture and innovation. I’m glad that you thought enough to write about it..

By: tsstahl

tsstahl — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:49:08 +0000

Marketing 101–so easy to learn, but takes a long time to master.

By: Mitch Wilson

Mitch Wilson — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:38:17 +0000

Oh, God, so that’s what it is causing my skull to shatter and shutter. It’s the Hammer Monkey!! And I thought it was just another hockey puck.