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That level of attention to detail will never be seen again, sadly.

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The hat block article mentions theatrical costume makers as customers. My niece has just graduated from a theatrical costume course and she has a particular interest in hats. A beret block came up in an eBay auction a while ago and for one reason and another she asked me to bid on it for her. We won it. It turned up here in quite the ugliest most mis-shapen parcel I have ever seen (the wrapping contained the stand as well as the block). It was so ugly I felt moved to take a picture which Iā€™m posting despite this being the Beautiful Things thread. The picture doesnā€™t do its irregularity justice. It was horrid.

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And, opened?

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Imagine a wooden mushroom with the cap somewhat asymmetric and the stand looking much like the stalk. That wasnā€™t unexpected though, so I didnā€™t take a pic Iā€™m afraid.

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Published in the Guardian,
Photographer Tanya Houppermans captured what she described as a one in a million shot of a sand tiger shark swimming through a bait ball of thousands of fish.

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New picture of Jupiterā€™s little red spot. That is the south pole at the top of the pictureā€¦

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Thatā€™s a cracker

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This is the North North Temperate Zone Little Red Spot apparently - only 3,500 kmā€™s above the atmosphere

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Nice video. I love the way he uses traditional tools, something I try to do whenever I can, although he is very good and I am just a novice in comparison.

Well worth a quarter of an hour of your life to watch that :+1:

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I am well below novice. Iā€™ve been following this guy for a long while now. I think the only electric items he has are the lights and his video camera.

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For me the most impressive cut in the video is the resawing of the oak panel.

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Yes, that is good work.

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My cross cutting is pretty good I reckon but resawing is bloody difficult.

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I only use Japanese saws nowadays in the workshop. I would still be happy to match his effort though.

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Which brand of Japanese tools are you using? I was thinking of trying some.

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Saws

http://www.rutlands.co.uk/pp+woodworking-hand-tools-saws-kataba-saws+b15109

Chisels

https://www.fine-tools.com/matsumura.html

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Cheers for that. Iā€™ve used Rutlands few times.

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Iā€™ve also got a few saws from Axminster too

The chisels are a joy to use

https://www.fine-tools.com/G309550a.html