On 3/2/2012 2:33:55 PM Tom Holloway  wrote:

> 	Both Stephen and Roy suggest the design is old, and was nearly lost. Roy goes
into a 
> little of his usual banter on the question of the history, referencing that
famous woodworker
> Abraham Lincoln and an unnamed 'Victorian-era woodworking magazine,' and let's
us know
> that he saw it 'decades ago' (i.e., pre-Stephen's 2001 piece linked above) in
another
> unnamed article. There are some differences in technique and procedure between
Stephen 
> and Roy, but with similar results.

I don't know the source for the rising dovetail mallet, but stumbled across
one of Roys dovetail puzzles in an 1883 copy of Amateur Work, Illustrated. 
See page 40 of the the Google scan:

http://books.google.com/books?id=7llRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=amateur+work&hl=en&sa=X&ei=t-JMT5reMI6XtweJxvhH&ved
D8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=amateur%20work&f=false

or

http://tinyurl.com/7tpfxmx

Curiously, the author mentions Lincoln along with his description of the
puzzles.  :-)   I'll bet the mallet came from somewhere similar.

The illustration on page 21 gives evidence that honing guides are also
grinding guides.  On page 43, they recommend mixing hide glue with whiskey
instead of water, saying that it will last for years. 

The amount of stuff out there is overwhelming...

Jerry
Griffin, GA

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