Hand cut joinery

[rg32]

I'll be repairing an important antique "Blanket Chest" soon and I'll need to match the existing hand cut joinery which is a very shallow and slight dovetail. I’ve used machine jigs, but to keep with the originality that won’t do. Can anyone recommend a good and well-illustrated book or website and help with the tools I’ll need?
Does anyone know of a good source for hand forged square headed nails or at least machine made that look worthy.
Thanks

[Armini]

Lee Valley carries these:

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...=3,41306,41324

[Rounder]

Woodcraft offers classes on cutting dovetails. The one I took was pretty good. There are several woodworking schools that offer classes also. The book I like for dovetails is by Ian Kirby (if my memory serves me.)

As far as tools: Dovetail saw, sliding bevel, square, chisels, marking knife, a sharp plane to even the edges, another plane to smooth the protursions, and a lead pencil.

[rg32]

Thanks Rounder your memory is correct.
Thanks Armini "book marked"

[DaveDay]

Also check out Frank Klausz video "Dovetail a Drawer". Frank is the opposite of Ian. Where Ian will specify everything to the nth degree, Frank works with minimal marking and measuring. Where Ian says cut the tails first, Frank says cut the pins first. Both Franks and Ians points of view are priceless, but if you only get one's perspective, there are a lot of things that they present as gospel that are really no more than personal preference or habit. Ian can spend page after page discussing the different angles for the the cuts for different situations. Frank doesnt even bother to mark an angle, he just eyeballs each cut - "maybe 10, maybe 12 degrees, something like that, it doesn't really matter". Yet we would all be thrilled to produce like him. I rewatch Frank and re-read Ian a couple times each year.

[rg32]

Thanks Dave
I'll be headed to the big city next week and I'll look for both.