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HalfInchShy.com The first two videos on hand-cut dovetails, I showed how to hand-cut them by eye using a pins-first method and a tails-first method. The idea was to show that you end up with dovetails either way. In this video, I show how to hand-cut what I’m calling a ’signature’ dovetail. A signature dovetail is one with a special design for just one tail, typically on the least used drawer; call it a sort of Easter egg for the owners to find. I call it a signature since you could design the dovetail based on your logo or attributes of the style piece it is a part of. The shop’s heat killed my creativity that day, but I decided on making one using Greene and Greene elements. Might be whimsical, but I like the look of it on the bottom drawer. The idea likely came to my mind after having visited the Gamble House recently… (next time, I do the knot you’ll see in the video). The signature dovetails, regardless the design you choose, will be easier to do tails-first.