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ORGANIZATIONS
United States
ATTIC Antique Tools and Trades In Connecticut
The Oughtred Society (Slide rules and other calculating instruments)
PAST Tool Collectors (formerly Preserving Arts and Skills of the Trades)
PATINA The Potomac Antique Tools and Industries Association
International
TOOL AUCTIONS
TOOL PUBLICATIONS
Periodicals
The Tool Shed (comes with membership in CRAFTS)
The Gristmill (comes with membership in Mid-West Tool Collectors Association)
Quercus Magazine "for anyone working wood by hand" (published six times a year in Oxford, England by Nick Gibbs)
Books
Astragal Press (acquired by Rowman & Littlefield)
MUSEUMS
In New Jersey:
Elsewhere:
Smithsonian (Washington, D.C. and New York, NY)
Bahr's Mill (website is not accessible)
INTERESTING SITES
Dreams of Wood and Steel - "An exploration of late 19th Century life, tools and firearms"
Electronic Neanderthal - One of the earliest sources of information about tools. Still useful, but is out of date.
Vintage Machinery (including classified ads for machines)
ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE TOOL SELLERS
Falcon-Wood (Peter and Annette H., SE Massachusetts)
Jonesport Wood Company, proprieters of three stores and Davistown Museum (above):
NH Plane Parts and The Vintage Tool Shoppe (Eric Robinson, Fremont, NH)
Sydnas Sloot (Sandy Moss, SE Massachusetts)
VintageSaws (Broadview Heights, OH)
Vintage Tools (J.D. Isaacs, Richland, WA)
Whitney House Tool Shop (Linda Mariconda, The Lafayette Mill Antique Center, Lafayette, NJ)
MODERN TOOL MAKERS and SELLERS
(more to come)
Heartwood Tools (Georgetown, TX) US sales of H.N.T. Gordon and other makers
Red Rose Reproductions - Traditional Woodworking Tools & Molding Planes
WOODWORKING ASSOCIATIONS & OTHERS
In New Jersey:
Elsewhere:
CRAFT SCHOOLS
In New Jersey:
Elsewhere:
International
MISCELLANEOUS