London Pattern Book

[Robson Valley]

Also known as the Sheffield List, the LPB was a published industry standard for the sweeps, bends, angles and sizes for wood carving tools (1600's?).
The LPB is very much alive and well in this day and time.
Just trivia, I suppose, but I'd like to read a little history surrounding its writing and publication.
Can someone please show me a source? I've run out of search ideas.
Thank you.
Brian

 

[Keith_Beef]

Is this it?

 

[Robson Valley]

Thanks. I don't know how you found those. I expect that the part which interests me is no more than a chapter.
I'm also interested to learn what provoked the author(s) to write such a huge undertaking.

 

[Keith_Beef]

Thanks. I don't know how you found those. I expect that the part which interests me is no more than a chapter.
I'm also interested to learn what provoked the author(s) to write such a huge undertaking.

If you look at page 4 of the PDF, you'll see that it is the catalogue of Edward Brookes, Ironfounder, Engineer, Machinist and Tool Maker of Hight Street, Sheffield. The company seems to have made just about every kind of hand tool and part for furnaces and steam engines that you could possibly imagine.

From plane irons to steam cranes, from mortice chisels to hydraulic presses. And emigrant's and gentleman's tool chests…

Pages 188 and 190 have a nice selection of axes and hatchets, and page 192 has a nice selection of adzes (PDF page numbers, not the original catalogue page numbers).

 

[Geebe]

If you look at page 4 of the PDF, you'll see that it is the catalogue of Edward Brookes, Ironfounder, Engineer, Machinist and Tool Maker of Hight Street, Sheffield. The company seems to have made just about every kind of hand tool and part for furnaces and steam engines that you could possibly imagine.

From plane irons to steam cranes, from mortice chisels to hydraulic presses. And emigrant's and gentleman's tool chests…

Pages 188 and 190 have a nice selection of axes and hatchets, and page 192 has a nice selection of adzes (PDF page numbers, not the original catalogue page numbers).

Wow, that was some company! Nice axe patterns illustrations.

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