I received the first issue of Mortise & Tenon Magazine from Lee Valley yesterday. I am favorably impressed and read about half of it last night. It is not a publication for everyone though. It is entirely devoted to those of us who are interested in hand tool work, period furniture, and the intersection of scholarship and conservation with traditional pre-industrial woodworking. If I had to compare it to other publications they would be the annual SAPFM Journal, the SAPFM on-line newsletter, and the Chipstone Foundation's annual publication American Furniture. Of note to us here, there is a nice book review by our own Zach Dillinger.
If you are interested in period furniture, hand tool work, and furniture history and conservation, I highly recommend getting a copy and finding out for yourself. I am excited to hope that future issues live up to a great start.
Of particular interest was an interview with Charles Hummel that announced an updated, expanded, and revised edition of his book With Hammer in Hand which will be out some time this year. It is the story of the Dominy family of Long Island and their restored workshop which is at Winterthur. This book has been out of print for over 40 years and I can't wait to get a copy since there is a huge amount of new information about their clocks and furniture.