This is a must read book for anyone who is at all interested in woodworking. Not because it describes how to build anything particularly exciting (except for a hand built wooden tool chest that I suspect few with bother with). But rather because
Mr Schwarz has
a mission: to evangelize hand wood working, to assure a vibrant community of folks who know how to build furniture really well. And, I suppose he'd say, to combat the mentality that poorly built furniture which won't last very long is a pox on society: it is a reflection of a disposable age which gets further and further from the grounding of well built, craftsman -like goods.
Don't take me the wrong way: this is hardly a polemic. It is well written, amusing, and informative. Even if you don't plan to hand plane a rough board into flatness -- or even if you don't plan to even ever pick up a piece of wood -- this is a worthwhile read.
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