Mortise & Tenon Magazine

[Trafalgar]

Well Carl I'd be happy to know of a similar British publication and more than happy to buy it, too.

 

[Mr_P]

Lots of dedicated books avaialble on antique English and American furniture and an interesting looking one on Elihu Yale: Merchant, Collector & Patron but granted more biography than woody and most are cheaper than this "magazine".

Maybe thats my problem, I can find loads of interesting looking books at cheap prices and already have quite a few on my wish list. Guess in a few years time when I'm further along in my woodworking journey I might be more eager to embrace new publications.

 

[Cheshirechappie]

£24 for 150 pages, against Furniture and Cabinetmaking at £4-25 (less if you subscribe) for 80 pages, albeit with a lot of advertising, some of which is of use and value.

Yes, it's expensive. Niche publications tend to be, since the economies of scale work against them. I'll still give it a go, though. It's only once a year; twenty-four quid four times a year might be a bit much, though, unless it's REALLY good.

 

[Mr_P]

Whats approx 150 pages ? 126 or 174 ?

No ads but a section in the back for sponsors ? Might just be one page, I don't know.

Looks very picture heavy and not very exciting pictures, but then again they might not show previews of the text on both side pages.

Might be great content, might not. Why not wait for a review ?

 

[G S Haydon]

I've been tempted and I think the content would be excellent. Price seems fair based on quality.

However I too like to find secondhand books on Amazon or bookshops. I'm also lucky that many of our clients have stunning period furniture that I always ask to look, take photos and notes on construction. Actually looking at pieces in the wild is very informative.

 

[Droogs]

It appears Tom Fidgen is a fan of what's to come from this mag and will be promoting it at his new place in toronto

 

[D_W]

I've been tempted and I think the content would be excellent. Price seems fair based on quality.

However I too like to find secondhand books on Amazon or bookshops. I'm also lucky that many of our clients have stunning period furniture that I always ask to look, take photos and notes on construction. Actually looking at pieces in the wild is very informative.

There is something different about stuff that you experience vs. stuff you read. Stuff you read is depersonalized somewhat, no matter how many times you read it and could recite it. When you experience something in person, it's as if you own the knowledge instead. Similar to the difference between a rule someone tells you and one you learn on your own the hard way.

(I'd ask George Wilson to opine on good books on SMC, though many here would know of them, too. Put a stipulation on it like "at least 75 years old". Some of the results are monstrously expensive and some are dirt cheap. I think I paid about $15 for a holtzapffel book or three, and hasluck's carving book - or at least a compilation that he edited - was just a couple of dollars, but the generalizations in it are far more illuminating than anything that I've seen that's new).

 

[Mr_P]

Just found a review of Elihu Yale: Merchant, Collector & Patron

This is a very comprehensive biography of Mr. Yale. Enjoyed it for the most part. I did not care so much for the info on his collecting furniture.

So ordered a copy for less than the price of one woodworking magazine including postage, fingers crossed it has some decent pictures in.

 

[n0legs]

The article about Yale University's furniture collection, alone, will likely be worth the price of the magazine IMO.

As I said if I was American I'd be more interested.

ttfn,
Carl member of the UK workshop forum.

True =D>

Well Carl I'd be happy to know of a similar British publication and more than happy to buy it, too.

Try Mayfair and Club, they're both full of c**** too :lol:

 

[D_W]

The article about Yale University's furniture collection, alone, will likely be worth the price of the magazine IMO.

As I said if I was American I'd be more interested.

ttfn,
Carl member of the UK workshop forum.

You know, when it comes from here, it's written in a different language. At least every English person over here has told me that (we don't speak english in the United States).

 

[ED65]

I'm a big reader and a fan of older woodworking books so all this talk about them has me Jonesing for a spinoff thread on that specifically. Anyone else interested enough to participate in a thread on vintage woodworking books?

You know, when it comes from here, it's written in a different language. At least every English person over here has told me that (we don't speak english in the United States).

As the saying goes: two nations separated by a common language.

 

[AndyT]

I'm a big reader and a fan of older woodworking books so all this talk about them has me Jonesing for a spinoff thread on that specifically. Anyone else interested enough to participate in a thread on vintage woodworking books?

Sure thing and I for one have "a selection" of mostly older books but just in case you've not seen it there's a sticky in General Woodworking which leads to several lifetimes worth of old ww reading matter https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/free-downloadable-woodworking-books-plans-ref-sites-t82220.html

 

[D_W]

I'm a big reader and a fan of older woodworking books so all this talk about them has me Jonesing for a spinoff thread on that specifically. Anyone else interested enough to participate in a thread on vintage woodworking books?

You know, when it comes from here, it's written in a different language. At least every English person over here has told me that (we don't speak english in the United States).

As the saying goes: two nations separated by a common language.

Someone should make a pocket notecard for Americans to let us know that English folks don't always like to be called British, and never tell someone that a visiting Scot is from "England".