tool bling

[Jim Koepke]

Right here:

That Thing.jpg

With red arrow.

jtk

[Chris Griggs]

Right here:

That Thing.jpg

With red arrow.

jtk

That looks like a plane adjusting mallet to me Jim.

[Derek Cohen]

Most of the stuff in my shop is pretty grungy. I must confess I do like to sneak a peak at my shop made shoulder plane and spokeshave every now and then. I just love the look of steel and wood together.

Hi Jeff

Those two are very striking - I particularly like that spokeshave. I agree, metal-wood contrasts are my kind of bling.

Ebony/African Blackwood and steel, such as this Blue Spruce chisel ...



The warmth of a wood against brass, as in this router plane I built recently ...



Regards from Perth

Derek

[george wilson]

Blue steel,brass and curly maple saws I've made. Lots of other tools,but I've already posted them anyway.

[Jim Koepke]

Chris,

After posting the image and blowing it up, it came to me the top was the head of a hammer and not a piece of wood. The size of the handle threw me off.

jtk

[paul cottingham]

Chris,

After posting the image and blowing it up, it came to me the top was the head of a hammer and not a piece of wood. The size of the handle threw me off.

jtk

Lee Valleyplane adjusting hammer. I have one, and its great.
My favorite tool in my shop has to be my Atkins 8point crosscut saw bought from a Creeker. That saw makes me smile every time I use it. A close second is my LV bevel up jack. I use it on every project. My third favorite has to be my Ray Iles 5/16 pig sticker. Don't use it much, but every time I look at it, I feel like a proper galoot, a silly conceit to be sure.

[Steve Voigt]

I guess whatever tools I've made most recently are the ones that I'm most taken with. So fickle. Right now these two, a cocobolo smoother and brass/lignum/maple plane mallet are my fave raves.
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[Steve Voigt]

Shop made lookers:
- My 30" curled maple jointer plane with inlayed moons and stars
- My winding sticks which are walnut with a curled maple contrast strip. The curled maple came from a plank given to me by my late father, so it has special meaning.

Purchased lookers:
- My LN #9. Just look at them.
- Any of my Scottish infills from The Best Things.
- My Mathieson wooden jointer plane. It is used up, beat to hell but still keeps working for me. Now THAT makes me smile.

Zach, got any pics? I'd especially like to see the jointer you made.

[Stew Hagerty]

Right here:

That Thing.jpg

With red arrow.

jtk

Oh that... That's a brass plane hammer from Lee Valley. http://www.leevalley.com/US/Wood/pag...40&cat=1,41182

[jason thigpen]

I picked up this set of dividers last weekend. They were part of a large group of tools that I found on Craigslist. I didn't pay much attention to them when I first bought them. But I just finished cleaning them up and sharpening the points and I can't say that I've seen a pair like this before. No markings of any kind. 7 1/4" long. I love them!

[Mel Fulks]

I kinda collect dividers,that type is sometimes called 'bow compass'. They are probably from first quarter of 19th century.
Mine were made by the Stubbs company. You have a nice item there.

[Harold Burrell]

Most of the stuff in my shop is pretty grungy. I must confess I do like to sneak a peak at my shop made shoulder plane and spokeshave every now and then. I just love the look of steel and wood together.

You made those?!!! SERIOUSLY???

OK...then I refuse to post any pics of my shop made mallet.

[jason thigpen]

I kinda collect dividers,that type is sometimes called 'bow compass'. They are probably from first quarter of 19th century. Mine were made by the Stubbs company. You have a nice item there.

Thanks for the info Mel. I had no idea. Time to do a little research!

[Chris Griggs]

Chris,

After posting the image and blowing it up, it came to me the top was the head of a hammer and not a piece of wood. The size of the handle threw me off.

jtk

Yeah, that's what I figured. I did a double take at first too.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Hard to pick a favorite, but I love a good family photo.