I taught a sharpening class last night at Woodcraft in Grand Rapids. Ten students which is about max for the size of their shop. Nearly everyone sharpened something. One of the best groups of students I've had, great questions and some really rough tools to sharpen/fix.
This information is not complete, its just a bunch of stuff off the top of my head. The companies listed are people that I have purchased things from and been happy with the service and products I received.
Recommended Reading, These are the books I consider to be essential, in the order I would recommend reading them:
The Essential Woodworker by Robert Wearing
Compleat Early Nineteeth Century Woodworker by Stephen Shepherd
Encyclopedia of Furniture Making by Ernest Joyce and Alan Peters
Mechanik Exercises by Joseph Moxon http://tinyurl.com/85qelv3
Mechanic's Companion by Peter Nicholson http://tinyurl.com/88ohq5k
Read Understanding Wood by Bruce Hoadley as well, I'm just not sure of it's proper position in the list.
Used Tools:
http://www.brasscityrecords.com/toolworks/new%20tools.html
http://hyperkitten.com/tools/ForSale/Tools_FS.php
http://www.blackburnbooks.com/Tools/HandtoolsForSale.html
http://www.jimbodetools.com/What-s-New-c67/ <- expensive because he caters to collectors
I'm sure there are many other fine books and tool vendors out there.
Bill
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