A bench crowded with hand tools that are honed, oiled, and ready: planes, chisels, a scraper, and the stones that keep them honest.
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The Edge Before the Cut
0.250 USDCA raking-light shot of a chisel on the waterstone, and a reminder that the ten minutes before the first cut decide everything after it.
A close-up of a freshly honed chisel bevel, and why the burr — not the polish — is the part worth photographing.