Originally Posted by
Edward Weber
Getting the names and terminology correct is another challenge in the crazy tool market.
I've seen things listed as lumbar, carpentree and others. I've also found that chisel identification is almost impossible by the listings. It's hard enough if you sort of know what you're doing. Timber frame, firmer and beveled edge are all interchangeable terms, it has no basis on what the tool actually is.
Here's a recent one.
"Vintage 2" PS & W CO. Timber Framing Wood Lathe Carving Turning Gouge Chisel (NO HANDLE)"
Now I'm pretty handy with a lathe but I don't think this is a turning tool.
Wow, the seller must have never heard of a slick.
Some sellers have very little knowledge of what they are selling. Others do the shotgun description to show up in more searches. This is also why some sellers would include the words, "not Buck, Stanley" to get items to show up in unrelated searches.
It used to be wise to search misspellings of words such as Stanley, Starrett, Sargent and others. That may have been fixed in ebay's search function. There were also sellers that intentionally listed items as being Stanely just to get a quick bite from inexperienced bidders who just recently learned about searching for misspellings.
A lot of my better deals were of items with incorrect listings. Not of the wider net kind but of misspellings or misidentifications. Ebay used to be a much wilder place than it is today.
jtk
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