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10 August 2020 at 5:44 pm #673374
looks good. Hope it holds up to use. I like the horn just long enough to rest the crease of my thumb – same with a saw. The attached photos were an “experiment” with a piece of yellow pine decking because it happened to be the right thickness (1-1/4) – I was pleased with the appearance when it was finished, and it is holding up (so far). The wide grain almost makes the handle look laminated.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.10 August 2020 at 12:32 pm #673341wow! So that’s what they mean when they say “buy the best tool you can afford”. I’m gratified to see that some modern tool makers are not locked in to the Stanley Bailey pattern in every respect. Guess we’ll have to wait and see what 30 or 40 years of pushing those pretty totes ends up looking like. Thanks for your posting.
9 August 2020 at 12:44 am #673173hmm – can you identify the planes in the photo by manufacturer? Looks like a Veritas low angle on the right end. Thanks
19 July 2020 at 9:13 pm #670424[postquote quote=670419]
yep — I do that with canes — trouble is I have to wait 2 years to dry out the branch. I wonder how much crotch wood is ground into saw dust instead of put to good use. Like my old Irish shillelagh. Only trouble with figured wood like that is that you never know what it looks like inside until you carve into it.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.17 April 2018 at 6:03 pm #527891I also use 5/4 stock when I make a handle (see photo) — this one was just old decking lumber – pressure treated yellow pine. I like the way it turned out. — I have a theory about why the totes always fracture in the same place: we are pushing to hard – or pushing into a knot and coming to a grinding halt. I try to orient the material so as not have that straight grain at the push point. Maybe not as pretty as ¼sawn rosewood, but maybe it will last.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.17 April 2018 at 12:07 am #527432looks like $100 worth of work to me. But I’d rather work $100 than spend $100. Very nice.
24 January 2018 at 8:05 pm #449959There’s an Englishman with a large and devoted following who is directly to blame for the present state of the hand tool market. A few years ago, you couldn’t give away an old hand plane. If he were to team up (or sell out) with a reputable source, he could finance the whole enterprise on just the royalties flowing from his endorsement. Wanna buy a fancy Cosman dovetail saw??
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