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Sometimes a craftsman-made tool surfaces that is just plain mysterious and wondrous. Today I spent the morning with Carl Bilderback, a semi-retired Chicago-area carpenter who has an astonishing collection of handsaws and dang-good collection of other tools.


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The left sides of the cherry pieces above and below this caption were covered while the right sides were exposed to full sun for eight hours. The difference: The sample board below was first treated with boiled linseed oil, which we decided gave the most pleasing results.