White bronze? Not quite.

[george wilson]

So,what is so great about that expensive lotion,Winton? Does it make you look 20 years younger?

[Brian Holcombe]

Rusty white bronze plane comes free with purchase of the brooklyn bridge, which is also limited edition.

[John Vernier]

There was a guy selling aSwiss pattern watch maker's hammer as a "salesman's sample"!

I love seeing the "salesman's sample" gambit. I see it at antique stores all the time. My favorite was the box-joint pliers, frozen shut with old rust, therefore "non-functional salesman's sample." Maybe I will list my old laptop as a "non-functional salesman's sample."

[Mel Miller]

Ebay and Craigslist both can provide lots of humor. If you try to help some of the misinformed sellers out, you can get all kinds of responses as well.

[Tom Vanzant]

Saw a plane on the bay a few years ago, listed as a "custom" Stanley 5-1/2. After a few Q&A with the seller, he admitted it was a bobbed #7. It sold for over $380 IIRC. Nice looking but totally bogus and misrepresented.

[Winton Applegate]

expensive lotion,Winton? Does it make you look 20 years younger?

Ha, ha
I have splitting fingers in the winter, mostly diet related (even though I can eat those foods in the summer and no prob), but this lotion actually helps and nothing else topical I have tried in thirty years has done a darn thing.

Splitting heels also. (only in the winter).
Both quite painful.

It is also not oily/greasy and "dries" fast.

If a person has serious painful skin problems (mine isn't serious but Derek knows people who do) this stuff is actually more than just slimy goop to rub on chapped hands.

[Jim Matthews]

That is just adorable.

I love the Swiss army knife alongside for scale.
It's not a "salesman's sample", izzit?

[Winton Applegate]

"salesman's sample", izzit?

Ha, ha.
Nope. But you knew that.
I bought if for a fancy paper weight, literally, I thought I would not use it. I tried it and it is a nice very controllable and precise plane for taking just a hint of wood off here and there. Like a scraper for example but leaves a none scratchy / fuzzy track. The track blends right in with the track left by my best finish blades / planes.

So why not use a block plane ? Ha, ha, . . .This thing is even smaller.

[Moses Yoder]

I use 101's for paper weights. Back when I was laying out blueprints on a table with customers to get dimensions for their kitchen it made an impression.