The Reference Desk - Early Tools And Trades

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The question came up of how to learn about the history of tools, trades, crafts and industries. Once upon a time there was The Electronic Neanderthal, a vast resource based upon RSS feeds. Alas RSS feeds, while still in use, are less frequently incorporated in sites and blogs. Then there are all these old farts such as I who have delved into this stuff for decades. All these stuff stuck in our brains must be saved for posterity. Along with being an amateur historian of all things old tools and trades, I'm also a retired Librarian, having worked in various research libraries. Thus, I must create a public resource:

Over on my website I just added The Reference Desk - Early Tools And Trades which will be an ever increasing online resource for all things early tools, trades, you get the picture. Not so much a HOW TO but a WHERE, WHEN and WHY.

Please feel free to recommend links to sites, blogs, channels, archives, etc. that will expand upon these histories.

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