If you found this article you probably have the same hand tool obsession that has provided income, enjoyment and at times, tranquility for many many […]
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Rare, Uncommon and Valuable Sargent Metallic Hand Planes
Rare And Uncommon Sargent Metallic Hand Planes. Not in any particular order. The #60 Probably the rarest is not a hand plane, but an accessory. […]
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Washburn Nickel Plated Squirrel Tail Block Plane
I’ve had this Washburn Nickel Plated Squirrel Tail Block Plane for quite some time. It was marked as a Birmingham when I bought it, although […]
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Rare Sargent #8C Shaw Patent Found
This is a Rare Early Sargent #8C Shaw Patent smoothing plane From the collection of Christopher Fryrear On this plane we see a frog marked […]
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The Sargent Prelateral #400 series Hand Planes
The Sargent Prelateral #400 series Hand Planes as published in the March 2023 issue of The Gristmill By Don Wilwol Tool collectors, traditional woodworkers, and […]
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Silcock & Lowe Plough Plane
One of my favorite antique shows for finding rusty and cool tools is the Madison Bouckville Antique week. We go every chance we get and […]
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A Milbro #4 Smoother
originally posted 2011 I purchased this plane on ebay. I bought it because it was advertised as an aluminum plane, and I love my Stanley […]
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Sargent Model Shop Tools: Prototype Successor to Shaw’s Patent Planes?
By James R. Gillis Here it is at only the second post of this blog and I’ve gone off the subject of Stanley Model Shop […]
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Vintage #4 metal bodied Smoothing Plane Weight Comparisons
By Eric Brown Vintage #4 metal bodied Smoothing Plane Weight Comparisons A smoothing plane needs several things in order to operate properly. Obviously the bottom […]
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Shelton Hand Plane Study
By Eric Brown For a good write up on Shelton history see: Shelton #04 or maybe not. | TimeTestedTools Some of the planes shown here […]
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