Hi All,
I went to my local book shop the other day to try and get hold of a copy
of Leonard Lee's 'The Complete Guide to Sharpening'.
The said that there was a new edition due early next year. Does anyone
know anything about this? I'm just wondering if it's worth waiting a bit
and get the latest edition.
I have to say, this information may well be wrong. The shop assistant
was a little flustered by the Christmas rush, and might have accessed
the wrong information.
Thanks
Andy
Andrew Greensted asks:
>
>I went to my local book shop the other day to try and get hold of a copy
>of Leonard Lee's 'The Complete Guide to Sharpening'.
>
>The said that there was a new edition due early next year. Does anyone
>know anything about this? I'm just wondering if it's worth waiting a bit
> and get the latest edition.
>
>I have to say, this information may well be wrong. The shop assistant
>was a little flustered by the Christmas rush, and might have accessed
>the wrong information.
Get the current edition. I'm not sure what could be added except maybe color
pictures, anyway.
Charlie Self
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." Sir Winston
Churchill
Charlie Self wrote:
> Get the current edition. I'm not sure what could be added except maybe
> color pictures, anyway.
It could show you how to sharpen pencils.
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Andrew Greensted wrote:
> This is one of my pet hates about amazon, they have a huge number of
> products listed, but most of them are only available via the market
> place system.
Yeah, it's not very convenient when you want five books, and they're only
available from some combination of three suppliers. There's not even a
mechanism to really make it obvious what's available from whom in order to
consolidate supplier choices and pay a reasonable amount of shipping. Mom
was thrilled to discover all the $0.01 used paperbacks, and she
accidentally ordered from 200 different suppliers, at something like $3.75
per for shipping. She was really upset when I explained what she was about
to do, but at least I saved her from catastrophe.
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Charlie Self wrote:
> Andrew Greensted asks:
>
>
>>I went to my local book shop the other day to try and get hold of a copy
>>of Leonard Lee's 'The Complete Guide to Sharpening'.
>>
>
> Get the current edition. I'm not sure what could be added except maybe color
> pictures, anyway.
>
Even the book of Tom Lienielsen's (coffeetablebook?) doesn't add. Tom's
book is a Lee's book/dvd + www.woodcentralcom . A good buy can be:
Leonard Lee's DVD + his book. Sharpening is understanding.
KL
Andrew Greensted wrote:
>> Even the book of Tom Lienielsen's (coffeetablebook?) doesn't add.
>
>
> There seems to be a bit of a shortage of Leonard Lee's book in the UK.
> Would you say that Tom Lie-Nielsen's Book (easily available) is comparable?
> Thanks
No. I have them all and can only tell you if you cannot get the book buy
the dvd/video and maybe the video of Mike Dunbar/Taunton. They are real
hands on instruction. Get LL's book later. Sharpening is understanding
what you are doing.
The more I think about it LN's book is a disappointment.
kees
Andy Dingley wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:20:00 +0000, Andrew Greensted
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>There seems to be a bit of a shortage of Leonard Lee's book in the UK.
>
>
> Who publishes it ?
Search Amazon.co.uk They still have according their website
kees
John McCoy wrote:
> kees <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>
>>The more I think about it LN's book is a disappointment.
>
>
> In general, the Tauton/Fine Woodworking "complete illustrated guide"
> series is disappointing (Lie-Nielsen's book is in that series). A
> pity, really; FWW has a lot of knowledge on their staff and they
> could have produced dense, comprehensive books, rather than the
> rather fluffy product they did.
>
> John
But the name LN is on it! I know LN is for collectors :-(
LV for using.
kees
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:39:00 +0000, Andrew Greensted
<[email protected]> wrote:
>As for amazon.co.uk, they do have the book listed, but it's not
>available direct from them, only through their 'market place' system.
They had the paperback in stock a week ago - I checked prices with it.
...before I snarfed a pristine hardback copy from eBay for £6 8-)
kees <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> The more I think about it LN's book is a disappointment.
In general, the Tauton/Fine Woodworking "complete illustrated guide"
series is disappointing (Lie-Nielsen's book is in that series). A
pity, really; FWW has a lot of knowledge on their staff and they
could have produced dense, comprehensive books, rather than the
rather fluffy product they did.
John
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:20:00 +0000, Andrew Greensted
<[email protected]> wrote:
>There seems to be a bit of a shortage of Leonard Lee's book in the UK.
Who publishes it ? I think it used to be published by Batsford (a UK
publisher), but no longer. Now we're looking for imported editions
from Taunton. Amazon UK certainly have the paperback.
There are several books that are as good as Leonard Lee's on "how to
remove metal and make a sharp edge". What I like about it particularly
is that it covers what _shape_ you should be aiming for as well.
There's a lot in there about how to make left-handed grockle punches
that you just won't see elsewhere.
--
Smert' spamionam
> Who publishes it ? I think it used to be published by Batsford (a UK
> publisher), but no longer. Now we're looking for imported editions
> from Taunton.
The original publisher was Batsford, and yes, it's now Taunton press.
> Amazon UK certainly have the paperback.
As for amazon.co.uk, they do have the book listed, but it's not
available direct from them, only through their 'market place' system.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561581259/qid=1103189670/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/202-2069545-4572603
This is one of my pet hates about amazon, they have a huge number of
products listed, but most of them are only available via the market
place system.
Andy