This book contains the greatest assembly of hand tools ever. It identifies through 4500 images, American tools from catalog illustrations, trade literature and hand drawings. Tools used by many trades including Blacksmiths, Book Binders, Cabinet Makers, Carpenters, Coal Miners, Coopers, Curriers, Farmers, Jewelers, Pattern Makers, Plumbers, Shoe Cobblers, Stone Masons, Taxidermists, Upholsterers and Wheelwrights to name a few.