Fellow Creekers,
You may remember a previous gloat of mine, in which I detailed a carriage makers tool box that I found near my home in Mid-Michigan. Well, I hit an antique show this morning and found a similar box. This one was better, however, in that it has more drawers and the box included a Stanley 5 1/2C, a Tower and Lyon smooth plane and a Stanley No. 10 bench rabbet plane. You can see pics at www.eatoncountywoodworker.blogspot.com
I have a question about the Japanese blade you will see on that site. I know almost nothing about Japanese tools, but I understand that some of these blades are quite well made and can be valuable. If anyone has any insights into the blade, which has some Japanese characters stamped into it at the top, I would greatly appreciate it.