LN's 4.5 Limited Edition

[Steve Clardy]

Ok. Fess up.

Who has one, ordered one?




I ordered one last night




Yea. I know. No pic, didn't happen.

I have no idea when it will get here.

[tod evans]

not i........i invest in old stanleys. better return than the stock market .02 tod

[Steve Clardy]

Same here on the stanleys. I have a few of them buggers around here.

[Philip Glover]

Me.
S/N #45
After I put a micro bevel on it and adjusted the frog I went to town planing birds eye maple. I have never used a plane that worked so well on difficult grain. I will be using my #112 a lot less now.

Regards,
Phil

[Martin Shupe]

I ordered on June 29, the first day I heard about them. However, at least 200 other folks did as well (according to LN). I heard on another board they are sending them out in batches of 50, so I guess I am not in the first 50.

So far, everyone who has gotten theirs has been very pleased.

There is one on ebay, and it is already up to original price, with 8 days remaining.

There are less than 70 slots remaining according to the latest rumor.

[Steve Clardy]

Thanks all.

Martin. You on the list over there? Cian started a list on the owners, owners to be.

Seen the one on Ebay, surpassed new price already

[Bruce Page]

It is purdy.

[Gary Herrmann]

I doubt that I'll get one - mostly becuase SWMBO would probably disembowel me for dropping $400 on a plane, but I am curious about something.

Do you have to do anything to the bronze to keep it from developing a patina? Would you even want to since whatever you might put on the plane would then get on your wood? All that comes to mind is wax.

I've never had a bronze plane, but I look at the LNs now and then. I just wonder what the care and feeding differences are. Like I said, just curious...

[Ken Garlock]

I Emailed LN about me order, and they said it would ship in the next week or two, that was on 9/13. It should arrive anytime, guess I will have to sit and wait.

[Steve Clardy]

I'll probably bug them later as to when mine will be shipped.
I have no idea on keeping a bronze plane clean, shiny.
I'm planning on leaving it in the sealed bag. Thats gonna be tough.

[Martin Shupe]

Thanks all.

Martin. You on the list over there? Cian started a list on the owners, owners to be.

Seen the one on Ebay, surpassed new price already

Yes, I post there as Martin S. I asked Cian to put me on the list.

You're going to leave yours in the bag? You're not going to use it?

[Steve Clardy]

Yes, I post there as Martin S. I asked Cian to put me on the list.

You're going to leave yours in the bag? You're not going to use it?

Thats the current plan.
I figure its an investment.

It's going to be hard to resist though

[Ian Smith]

I ordered one on 09/25 so I've still got a while to wait. Mine will be a user. There is no way I could keep it in the bag. Cian has me on his list. I go by the name Mirboo on WoodNet.

[Andrew Homan]

I've never had a bronze plane, but I look at the LNs now and then. I just wonder what the care and feeding differences are. Like I said, just curious...

Hi Gary,
I have several bronze planes and several iron planes, so I'll be able to give you an idea of this. I initially bought bronze planes when possible (for instance, my #4 is bronze, whereas my 62 is iron) because the bronze appeals to me aesthetically! However, I soon learned that it is easier to take care of, and this has become really important to me now!

I'll preface this by saying that I _like_ the feel and appearance of the patina that develops on my bronze tools. I wonder if it would look different for someone with, say, a different pH of their skin. At any rate, I like it, so when I put away my bronze planes (and bronze spokeshave), I usually put some oil on the blade and chipbreaker and dust the plane off, put it in a plane sock, and that's it. The patina that developed simply dulled the shinyness. If shiny is what you want, it wouldn't take much polish to get it back to glory.

For iron planes, I guess it all depends on the climate where one lives, but here, I feel that I have to go through a whole routine of wiping down and oiling each iron plane before it is put away.
-Andy

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

I'm #41 and also on Cian's list.