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Yellow birch and Yankees

Clean, fine, no issues. 10 inches long. John Lindenberger, born 1754, served in the American Revolutionary War and was present at the battle

Rub-a-dub-dub, this plane is a tub. It's the quintessential British-American bastard child. It has all the ugly early British lines. The fat, stubby little arms. The oversized, bloated wedge. The riveted arms and plate.

And the American idiosyncrasies. Yellow birch with all of its disgusting mottled grain. The fat-ass wooden thumbscrews. The locking wooden "depth stop" that's little more than the latest wedge the apprentice fucked up and slid into a sad little mortise.

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Gunmetal with steel sole. Original Norris 1 1/4 inch iron with matching numbers. 5 1/8 inches long. Rosewood infill.

Sick as fuck but good GOD there is some gunmetal glare. Someone just decided they wanted all the gunmetal, and by gum they got it. I'm not entirely sure what you'd use this for. Too small for shooting, too small for much clean-up work, but juuuuuust the right size for stroking the ego of some son-of-a-bitch cabinetmaker in some idiotic town in the Isles. Thick ass iron, though. Holtey would be happy.

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Simply pleasing

Clean, fine, no issues.

Brass-bound levels are simply pleasing. They're just... nice! This one's in pretty nice condition, and I'd never turn down rosewood and brass. I'm not sure what you'd be leveling with six and a half inches, though.

There's some joke pertaining to actresses and bishops, there. I can't find it.

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Finally... something I would buy

5/8 x 4 5/8 Inch. Unmarked. Low angle. Ward iron.

$169. This checks all the boxes for me—infill, low angle, shapely, and cheap! Fuck. I'd take that almost any day of the week. Except the day when it was available. I'd like a shoulder plane, but $169, even for its relative cheapness, is still a lot of money.

It's just... so nice! I don't even have a bad word to say about it! I've always wanted one of these puppies. Maybe I should've snagged it. Ehhhh. $169 is still a lot.

OK. I'll be honest—I'm currently imagining myself planing a tenon shoulder to perfection. Wow. I'm insufferable.

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The venerable New York Mitre Plane

The body measures 5 1/2 inches, while the plane with the overhangs is 7 1/4 inches overall. Less than half of the original nickel plating re

I've always quite liked these. The little rosewood sneck (?) is a nice touch, and who doesn't love a big brass nut on the lever cap? And of course it has a fucking adjustable mouth, because why wouldn't it?

On a more serious note, I'd really like to meet the people who used these babies. Probably pianomakers and the like, Studley-type folks. I think that'd be an interesting conversation. It'd also be interesting to talk to dead people.

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Another interesting saw

Incredible!

This saw looks, if I dare say... modern. The quartered walnut against brass, the cute little screws holding the wear strip on, the crisp etching, the graduated rule—it's almost reminiscent of the BT&C Hardware Store Saw! In fact, you could get 15 of those for the price of one of these! But for this price, you at least get a scribe and the joy of knowing you spent $3000 on a singular tool you will never use.

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A Panther Saw!

9 point, 26 inch blade is nearly perfectly straight and razor sharp. Perfect nib. The handle is fantastic with only a small chip on the back

I've always thought these to be interesting. Some tasteful and well executed wheat carving. AND THEN A FUCKING PANTHER! I mean, the dude who came up with this must've been pretty drunk. Don't get me wrong, it's cool as shit, but I can only imagine the conversation he had with the guy he contracted to carve the handles. "Yeah, wheat carving, should be simple. Wait—and a what? A fucking panther! Sounds fucking awesome dude! I'm totally in!"

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Yet another rabbet plane

Unused. Light rust.

I swear to god Stanley made a hundred different dumb as shit rabbet planes. This is like an actual wooden rabbet plane with a nicker... but worse. Because it's metal. And because it has to be different, it has a depth stop but not fence. At least it has a shitty little spur!

I think this was the point in Blood & Gore where my eyes started to glaze over. Just a sea of japanning and uncomfortable toes.

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The reason metal planes still occupy a part of my mind

Clean, fine, no issues. Original 2 1/4 inch Ward parallel iron. Plane Plane nor the iron are numbered. The cupid’s bow bridge is not marked

Ahhhhhh fuck. This right here is why I love infills. It's just... so perfect. I really don't have anything bad to say. It's beautiful. Ebony. Cupid's bow bridge. Coffin shape. You gotta love that contrast. I mean, the mouth isn't great, but then again, who gives a fuck? It's double iron, babyyyyy!

*Sigh* I wish I were rich. Maybe I should rob a bank. Or become a infill planemaker. But then I'd have to work with steel and ebony. Ewwwwww... I think I'll look from afar.

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Complete with both stops and all 18 irons. Minty.

Ahh... a remnant from the space age. 'Twas a great time. Wait—is that... that's... that's a plow plane?

Holy *fuck* we got weird in the 50s. That handle is a hell of a thing. It's nearly as funky as the Record 044, which is saying something. All in all, though, that's a pretty good deal. $100 for 18 irons? I'd almost buy it, save for the fact that it's a metal plane and I'd have to actually look at it when I use it. But, hey, it's got a tonguing iron!

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The quintessential British plough

Replaced wedges. Ready to use.

There. I said it. Plough. Happy now, bitch?

But anyway. *Sigh* Ugly little wedge that's longer than the iron. Diamond escutcheons in riveted arms. Wedge arm. Riveted skates. Brass plate. Unhandled. Brass tipped arms. What could make it more British?

Oh. Of course. The dumb little depth stop stopping screw. :|

Alright, who am I kidding—I'm actually jealous. The stupid ass useless depth stop rattles around on mine. I'm not sure it would entirely solve this problem, but it sure would look nice!

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Clean, fine, no issues.

I don't even know where to start with this. Is it the beech... handles—if you can even call them that? The frankly grotesque "adjustment" "mechanism"? The slot in the iron that goes waaaaaay to far up? The horrifically half-assed flattening job?

No. It's his description. Clean, fine, no issues. This is none of those things. It's what I say to calm myself most days. "Clean, fine, no issues." Yeah, Mr. Coffee's dead and my shrink ran off to Europe, but I'm clean, fine, and have no issues... right, doc?

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*sigh*

Very fine with just some shrinkage cracks in the boxing. Jo. Fuller made planes in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1772 until his death in 18

I can't decide if I love or hate the fact that a plane in this condition from this well known of an 18th century maker is going for $175. On one hand—yayyyy! Cheap! On the other—wooden planes are severely undervalued and under-appreciated.

Unrelated, but I'm not a particular fan of Fuller's wedge. Not as iconic as Chelor/Nicholson's, and not as refined as later ones. He's the bastard middle child.

Also! Yayyyy! Boxing in an 18th century plane!

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Clean, fine, no issues. 90% japanning. Full iron which is unmarked as is usual with these. Script logo casting ca. 1914.

Ahhhhh a #212!!!!!! Wait... I don't care. $1000. I could literally go over to Hyperkitten.com and get one for $850. Or I could not get one for $0. And still have $850. That sounds like the better deal.

And the little screw on the side drives me nuts. And the shitty machining on the grips. Get your speeds and feeds right, New Britain. *Shaking my head.*

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Type 6 ca. 1912. 98% japanning and fine rosewood with wild combination of heart wood and sap wood.

Normally I don't give Bedrocks a second look... but god damn. I fucking love rosewood. But also. $395. Ewwwww

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The start of a series: Making Fun of Tools

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"Bought it. Used it. Hated it. Sold it."

I love you Patrick Leach.

So many words have been spilt about this monstrosity of nickeled cast iron that I need not repeat them—aside from the fact that I hate it. I'm of the opinion that they always show up unused because the thrifty craftsman of yesteryear realized what bullshit they were being fed as soon as they saw it in the flesh. Unfortunately, these fuckers today sell in about 5 minutes. Some poor collector is $700 lighter and 15 pounds heavier. My prediction: the number of lineal feet of moulding this baby will cut in the next, ehhhh, 20 years—the average tool collector's lifespan—is less than the amount of people who've actually used the slitting cutter for anything more than a demonstration.

Yours very truly,

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