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I'm with Robert--and Mike. Robert mentions sculpting. That's the category I would place the "weight" or thickness of these so-called carving tools, just not the overall size.

Though it is about 3...

Hi George,

It may well have been made by Goodell-Pratt. It's identical to a few I have had. GP made them for other companies, these were often without the brass tag below the front upright.
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Just take a shaving with it, Mark. Hone the blade--which is most likely not the best steel--and have at it.

To know how well it's built you need to remove the frog. How those two surfaces meet...

Hi Wes,

Beardshaw & Son [George B. & Jonathon B.] worked in Sheffield from 1825-1895. There was also Beardshaw & Son Ltd. which continued on from 1895 until 1911. The bolts probably places the...

Write to Rob Lee himself. Best person to get this type of advice.

RLee@leevalley.com

Take care, Mike

Hi Wes,

The bolts and nuts. After about 1880 or so, many/most makers switched to what were termed "improved saw bolts" and they are as you have. Whether they are original or not depends on the...

Hi Wes,

Are the nuts themselves domed with a slot like the bolt heads? They look to be replacements.

A couple things, there is an old-time tooth pattern similar to that. If that was what was...

Hi Bill,

There's lots of information stored on all sorts of makers on the Old Tools site, including Butcher.

http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive/search.phtml

Type in the...

Luck so and so <g>...

This sounds all too familiar. Maybe I dreamt about such a conversation recently. Hmmm!

Take care, Mike

Spear & Jackson is still in business...since 1760.

Here's their home page with a link to their history page:
http://www.spear-and-jackson.com/

And a short essay on them is at Wiktor's site:...

Welcome to SMC, Dave.

Nice way to make your first post--with a gloat! Nice saw.

Take care, Mike

I would either chop them by hand, or drill and pare them out. By the time the work holder is fashioned, you could already be gluing them together.

Many things we do, we create more work in...

Hi Nick,

I have owned 4 Knight smoothers and still own one. It is the last plane used on nearly everything I have made.

Also, don't forget to look at Clark & Williams' planes. Top performers....

...DT chisels from BlueSpruce. These have to be seen to be believed.

Someone mention Dave Jeske's Blue Spruce DT chisels?

http://www.wenzloffandsons.com/temp/bspruce_0002.jpg
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Bad day, huh? While the thread title is cute, it was an accident waiting to happen.

And while I won't even mention which saws I have, I'm not certain it matters unless one goes above the 18"...

Here's a PDF of a spreadsheet I compiled sometime back.

Contains metric, imperial, numbered and lettered sizes, along with decimal and metric equivilents.

Take care, Mike

Hi Frank,

Press and release the ALT key. Your text menus should appear. Select Tools. Select Internet Options. Second from the bottom row of buttons is the Tabs group.

Select the Settings...

Well, in the last 2 years the oil companies have gotten more out of me than I have paid to MS since the 1980s, but I think I'll keep driving anyway ;)

IE 7 seems pretty stable. I had a couple...

Not me--but then maybe they know me too well <g>.

I wonder if they picked you because of your proximity to the first of the member list?

Take care, Mike

Still trying to get better...

I of course meant something when I wrote that--but what, only the Shadow knows...

When I teach a hand tool class or group, sometimes the questions tend to...

Mac,

I often stay away from threads with certain key words, like high-end, best, etc., when it comes to tools and techiniques.

I would recommend reading Tyler's message again. Get a pre WWII...

Here's a brief introduction to several type of boring tools:
http://www.oldtoolsshop.com/inTheShop/Tools/boringBitstocks/Boring_Bitstocks.asp

This site of Wiktor's is a great site for...

Cilco Tooling is the company who makes Clifton planes and other tools. Tools for Working Wood carries the auger bits.
...

James Swan made some of the very best of edge tools, bits included.

If they are vintage bits, even the Swan's, expect you will need to learn to sharpen them.

The Cilco new ones are very good...

Didn't mean to imply it was a one-way street. We took what we perceived as of value and expanded from there early on. But the innovation began outside the US.

Disston began with using Sheffield...