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Rappahannock News Staff

Photos/Anita L Sherman TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Beautifully crafted tools await the hands of master craftsmen.

tainly entertain projects in any of the surrounding counties.

Visitors are welcome at the job site. Dareing encourages people to come and see how his craftsman are mortising and fitting the beams.

It’s an education. The work is very precise and detailed and requires specific training. And that brings up another subject.

“Eventually we’d like to offer an apprenticeship program,” said Dareing. “We’d like for young people to learn this old fashioned trade.”

In addition to Lyman and Christian, Dareing is joined by his brother, David Dareing, a painter, sculptor and experi

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