Veneering.
You won't thank me, because they sell all sorts of wonderful tools that will
leave you wallet thinner:
I buy plenty from Dick (and Dieter Schmidt) already. Why is it that
the best place to buy Japanese stationery from the UK is to get it
mail-order from a German woodworking toolshop?
The French veneer hammer they list is OK, but a crazy price. The
German one has an iron working face and I've no idea how you use such
a thing. Certainly I've never had the slightest success with that
style. The iron face is prone to marking the veneer surface and the
lower conductivity doesn't give the same chilling effect as brass.
The veneer saw they sell is a Kunz, a brand which is only one notch up
from Anant. You can certainly buy one of these, but you'll still have
to sharpen the edge on it yourself. Personally I prefer the handle
shape of the French style one Axminster sell. I've never got on with
the Japanese pattern one from Dick as it's too curved for veneer,
although it's a handy little saw for some jobs (great for model
boatmaking, according to my Dad).
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