Handplane Book, The (Taunton Books & Videos for Fellow Enthusiasts)
Woodworkers beware: Garrett Hack has put together a completely irresistible book, beautifully  illustrated with color photographs, drawings, diagrams, and everything you would ever want or need to  know about the handplane, the ultimate woodworker's tool. Hack covers the history of planes back to  Roman times, and explains how to tune and sharpen a handplane, how to use the many different varieties  properly, and how to purchase the right kind of plane. In a world where most woodwork is done with  machine tools and mechanized wood-shaping devices,The Handplane Bookis an ode to the  wonders of the beautiful work done with a tool many modern woodworkers have probably forgotten.