On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Michael Blair wrote:

>
> With over 300 hours of research, we still cannot say what Russian cooper's
> tools looked like, nor what constituted a necessary set.  I could assemble
> an accurate set for Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, English and
> American coopers, but so far, nothing has shown up for Russian cooper's
> tools of the early 1800s.
>
>
Have you looked at "Woodworking in Estonia"?  (Which, along with  “The
Wheelwright’s Shop” and “With Hammer in Hand” are supposedly Roy
Underhill's three favorite woodworking books). Very hard to come by, but
worth tracking down. You might be able to get it through inter library loan
from a university library.  I had our library copy in my office but looks
like I returned it, but I am sure it has a section on coopering.  Just
looked it up again and saw a description that said it focuses on
woodworking on an island off the coast of Estonia which was basically in a
time warp, so did everything the old way. Geographic isolation has its
benefits.

Brian