Another list filled with some amazing
stuff, and the usual
dreadful junk to add
a counterbalance for all tastes, just in
time for Christmas.
Be sure to print out a dozen copies of this
list and leave them
about the house (in conspicuous places) with
the stuff you want
clearly circled so your favorite gift giver
can make yours the
merriest ever.
If you have questions about what the
Stanley numbers are, you can
look the planes up
on Blood&Gore:
http://www.supertool.com/stanleybg/stan0.htm
If there is anything in particular that
you're after, do ping
me as there is a lot
of stuff here that isn't on the list; the
list just represents
a snapshot of the previous month's haul with
none of the stuff
having appeared on a previous list.
Please email me prior to sending money
so that you can be sure
the tool is still up
for grabs. Also, prices do not include shipping,
which is the exact
amount that it takes to go from me to you.
This list goes out to many people on
the first Monday of the month.
So, if you see
something you want, it's the quickest finger on the
trigger that wins
the duel.
Also, due to the nature of selling over
the wires, tools are sold
on a first come,
first serve basis. The first person to say "I'll
take it", gets
it. I have to operate this way as some will take a
few days to get back
to me with their interest in a particular item,
and it's unfair to
keep others waiting who are willing to buy immed-
iately.
I reserve the right to correct
typographical errors, after the
list goes out. I
rarely make them, but when I do, they can be
major ones.
If you’re the kind of person who puts a
straightedge to the sole
of a #40, to check
for flatness, or who tosses a plane on a scale
to weigh it against
what it states in the Stanley catalogues, you’ll
need to take your
business elsewhere. I’ll wish you luck finding
perfection in
something that was never made, nor intended to be,
perfect. You guys
know who you are, and it’s best for both of us
that our paths don’t
cross.
Lastly, and I hate to have to mention
this, but if you tell me
that money is on the
way for something you want, and you never make
good on it, we won’t
be doing business in the future. It’s unfair,
actually downright
discourteous, to others who want the same thing,
and I tell them it’s
sold. Pull this on me, and you’re exorcised
from the list.
Sorry, but I don’t tolerate this behavior well at
all.
Don't forget the cool new tools that
I'm making - a jazzy layout
knife being used by
professionals (made cover of Feb '98 FWW!); a
detachable block
plane handle designed to fit your 20 degree
block planes, and
the finest bench plane in production today, the
Bed Rock #601. You
can see all this at:
http://www.supertool.com/newtools.htm
Finally, remember that you don't have
to be a connoisseur (did
I spell that
correctly?) to shop here. You can be a wirehead, a
metalhead, a
zipperhead, a propellerhead, a deadhead, a cokehead,
or even a
knuckle-dragging oaf, just like me, to shop here, as
long as your dinero
is green.
Thanks for shopping, and remember, no
letters/words were injured
when writing this
list...
FEATURED TOOL OF THE MONTH
******** **** ** *** *****
FT1 The tool model wanted this magnificent pair of Carter
skewed
miter planes for Christmas, but I bribed him
to settle
for one of each Lego set (except for the girl
stuff)
offered in their catalog; an amazing pair, one
skewed left, the other right, this is
the only publicly
available
set of the three sets that Bill made (he has
one pair
and a collector in London has the other); made
of
gunmetal with select boxwood stuffing, the steel sole
is expertly dovetailed to the
body; 8” long, and with
ultra
fine mouths, these will work (if you choose)
as good
as they look; there is no planemaker alive
who comes
close to Bill’s work, he perfectly blends
precision
work with an eye for beauty, something
that’s
lost on nearly all contemporary makers; mere
words
fail to capture just how exquisite these
crown
jewels of tooldom are:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/f1.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/f2.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/f3.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/f4.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/f5.jpg
$4975.00
STANLEY
*******
ST1 Nearly brand new, and damage free #81 rosewood razor
edge
spoke shave; other than some minor wear to the
plating,
this rare shave is ready for use or a fine
collection of Stanley oddities; one of the best spoke
shave
designs ever offered; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t3.jpg
$225.00
ST2 #5C corrugated sole jack plane; a super clean 1930’s
example,
with no damage, all original parts, and
only in
need of a honing to be put back to work;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t7.jpg
$90.00
ST3 Group of three #101 miniature block planes; in sound
worker
shape, with all original parts, the right one
has been
re-japanned; you’ll have one for each hand
to
plane in stereo; bottom three:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t11.jpg
$65.00
ST4 #79 side rabbet with adjustable stop; a made in the US
model,
all original parts, no damage, and in nearly
brand new
condition; a very handy tool for tweaking
grooves,
trimming sockets for sliding dovetails, etc.;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t12.jpg
$80.00
ST5 Group of cutters for the #46 dado plane; a large pile
of them,
as found, complete with rust and scale, they
need a
good cleaning to make them serviceable again,
something
that will keep your winter occupied; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t13.jpg
$95.00
ST6 #65 chamfer shave; an as-found, damage free example
that only
needs a quick cleaning; a great working
tool for
precise chamfering of square edges; an earlier
one,
ca.1900; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t23.jpg
$85.00
ST7 Four #750 bevel edge paring chisels; one marked with
the model
number on the socket, the others are definitely
those and
carry the Stanley name; with original handles,
widths of
1/2" (two), 5/8”, and 1”; good and clean, with
no
pitting, the 1” saw most use, handles show usual bang
marks;
great workers; bottom four:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t23.jpg
$90.00
ST8 Barely used, virtually brand new, 1930’s #20 circular
plane;
just hone it and start planing, this is the
best made
model for concave/convex planing; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t25.jpg
$225.00
ST9 #48 match plane; designed to cut a tongue and groove,
this one
saw little use, has both original cutters,
and
nearly all plating; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t25.jpg
$95.00
ST10 #2 trammels with original pencil
clasp; never cleaned,
one point
just a bit shorter than the other, a must
have for
laying out circles/ovals/etc.; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t27.jpg
$75.00
ST11 #94 large cabinetmaker’s rabbet plane; Stanley’s largest
of the
#90 series, this one is 100% complete and damage
free,
which can’t be said of most of them, it has about
75%
plating, making it a bargain worker; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t28.jpg $290.00
ST12 #95 edge trimming block plane; a
ca.1930 example with
all
original parts, no damage, and 90% japanning, it’s
the
perfect plane for squaring the edge to the face and
for
trimming endgrain; top left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t29.jpg
$115.00
ST13 #36 boxwood six inch two fold rule
with sliding caliper;
from the
1920’s, with the sweetheart logo, and in much
nicer
than usual condition; top left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t30.jpg
$30.00
ST14 #1 smoothing plane; a great, never
messed with example
from the
1920’s, with sweetheart logo on the iron and
“STANLEY”
embossed nickel plated lever cap; no damage,
all
original parts, 98% plating, this is a very nice
example
that’s escaped the usual tool artistry that so
many have
(especially on ebay); top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t32.jpg $1755.00
ST15 #5 1/2 oversized jack plane, brand
new in the original
box; a
1930’s example, with some old sawdust from the
one and
only time this plane was used, the box is in
flawless
condition with a small area of loss at the
bottom of
the label; a great example:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t39.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t39a.jpg $165.00
ST16 Four Everlasting chisels; in fine
working shape, with
no
damage, and near original full length, they are
some of
the best chisels offered by anyone; widths of
1/2", 7/8”, 1”, and 1 1/4"; each 11”+ long:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t41.jpg $195.00
ST17 #10 1/2 smooth rabbet plane; in
extra clean condition,
made in
the UK ca.1960 with wooden knob and tote, it
only
needs to be honed to be put back to work; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t43.jpg
$155.00
ST18 #18 knuckle joint block plane; my
favorite standard
pitch
block plane due to the easy to use and positive
knuckle
joint lever cap; no damage, all original parts,
it dates to
the 1930’s; some minor wear to plating,
nearly
all japanning remains; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t44.jpg
$55.00
ST19 11/16” diameter head for the #77 doweling
machine; a
very
difficult to find size, no damage, and little
used;
left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t45.jpg
$125.00
ST20 Same as previous, but 9/16” and
with tattered box
remnants;
another very difficult diameter to find;
right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t45.jpg
$125.00
ST21 #81 cabinet scraper; being offered
as a restoration
project,
it has the original iron, but the rosewood
sole is
MIA; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t90.jpg
$35.00
ST22 #271 miniature router, brand new
and in the original
box; made
in the UK, still with the internal wrapper,
the 1/8”
wide iron is ideal for inlay work, lock
mortices,
etc.; middle right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t95.jpg
$55.00
ST23 The best matching set of hollow
and round bottoms in
existence, all with their original boxes that have
full
labels, each looks never used; a couple boxes
have reinforced
corners (on the inside), after someone
carefully
removed some exterior tape; the nosing
bottom is
missing its cutter, these things are as
clean as
them come:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t96.jpg $1385.00
ST24 #212 small scraper; a never
cleaned or messed with
example,
with its original marked Stanley iron and
mahogany
knob, the japanning is 98%; the way I like
to find
them to prove they’ve never been in the hands
of a tool
Rembrandt; a great example; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t97.jpg $1785.00
ST25 #1 Odd Jobs with original rule and
scribe; this is
the
second model that came with its own rule; as found,
never
cleaned, no damage, and with all original parts;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t97.jpg $285.00
ST26 Unused, ca.1920, #36G 12” level;
like the day it was
made,
with original rotating vial covers, all original
japanning
is present; the three vials are in working
order;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t99.jpg $55.00
ST27 An unused #103 small adjustable
block plane; from a
chest
where the guy bought stuff, put his initials
on it
(this one lightly scratched in the japanning),
and then
put it away, it dates to the 1880’s; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t100.jpg $45.00
ST28 Great type 1 #15 block plane
(referred as the type 3
in the
books as it follows the #9 1/2, but the 1”
longer
#15 appears a few years later than the #9 1/2);
with all
original parts, 99% japanning, no damage,
used once
and put away, owner lightly stamped his
initials
in one cheek, that in no way detracts from
this
fine, and next to impossible to find, example;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t100.jpg $235.00
ST29 #2 smoothing plane in the original
box; an early
1930’s
example in a box that has an earlier label
(Stanley
used old labels as they uncovered them),
I don’t
believe that this one was ever used, it
has its
full label, no tape on the box, a separation
in the
box’s bottom, just a hint of tarnish on the
plated
lever cap prevents me from calling brand new:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t101.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t101a.jpg $755.00
ST30 #48 match plane in original
picture label box; with
the rare
original third cutter, this plane was never
used; cover
has some scuffing along the edges:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t102.jpg
$245.00
ST31 Box of unused #86 8” long screw
drivers; these date
to
ca.WWI, with the V-logo on the blades, there are
six in
the box; box is in sound shape, a small
separation on the top of the cover:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t103.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t103a.jpg $255.00
ST32 #97 marking gauge, brand new in
the original box;
from the
1930’s, this one never was used, and the box
is in
perfect condition; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t103.jpg
$65.00
ST33 #444 dovetail plane in its
original box; a fine
example,
still with its original sample; used just
a few times, and with no damage, it has
all original
parts
(save for the screw driver), the box has some
scuffing
on the top; a way above average example of
Stanley’s
most desirable contraption:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t105.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t105a.jpg
$1685.00
ST34 An unheard of #55E combination
plane with a full and
boxed set
of the optional cutters; made for the UK
market,
designated by the suffix “E”, the plane has
extra
plating on it to withstand the damp UK environ-
ment;
offered for a very short time, most guys went
with the
standard model, making this one a real
rarity;
in barely used shape, with no damage and all,
I mean
all, original parts, the plane is made even
more
extraordinary by the four sets of optional
cutters
in their original boxes; other than some
expected
wear to those, and some minor tarnish to
the
cutters, this thing is in flawless shape, and
is ready
to take its place in a major collection of
all
things Stanley; the only way to collect Stanley
is to buy
the best you can find and afford, here’s
an
example that is in next to impossible to beat
shape and
rarity:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t107a.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t107b.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t107c.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t107d.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t107e.jpg
$3285.00
ST35 Early #75 small rabbet plane; this
one dates to the
1880’s,
is in little used shape with all original
parts and
no damage, an owner stamped his initials
in the
side; very handy for cleaning up rabbets,
and its
small size suits it well for travel to the
jobsite;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t113.jpg
$40.00
WOOD PLANES
**** ******
WP1 A rare and early large bead cluser by Shepley; this
veteran
led a tough life from storage, not use as
there is
some real insect damage at the toe, but it’s
definitely not Uncle Miltie’s Ant Farm
certified; wedge
finial is
gone, however the plane is not as it can still
be used;
you wouldn’t kill a three-legged dog, and I
wouldn’t
chuck this into Al, my wood boiler:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t1.jpg
$65.00
WP2 A good, damage free, wedge arm plough with interesting
brass
escutcheon for securing the depth stop; ready to
work,
little used, and an economical solution for the
cutting a
groove:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t6.jpg
$115.00
WP3 Kimberley’s Patent smoothing plane with the cast
insert; to
overcome the flaw of split cheeks and
abutments
(you buyers of new modern manufacture wood
planes
take heed), this design uses a cast iron
insert
that will never fail (unless you drop it on
concrete); in sound, little used shape, it won three
gold
medals something no modern wooden planemaker has
accomplished; extra fine mouth, it’ll make a fine
worker; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t7.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t7a.jpg
$175.00
WP4 Little used Jenkins&Clark 1 1/2" (width of cut)
quirked
ogee and
bevel of pleasing proportions; never altered
or
abused, tiny chip at heel of boxing, owner’s stamp,
it’ll
make a fine worker;
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t8.jpg
$95.00
WP5 Group of snipe bills and quarter rounds by Beeler and
Moseley;
in sound worker shape, with a few no harm
modifications (throat slightly filed), usual owner’s
stamps,
and a bargain:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t9.jpg
$145.00
WP6 A superb James Panton Aberdeen offset tote sash coping
plane; in
as brand new condition as a plane can be, it’s
a very
rare form and is ready to compliment a collection
of the
best in wood:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t10.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t10a.jpg $395.00
WP7 Pair of 5/8” match planes by Kimberly; a very uncommon
size,
centering the groove on 5/8” stock, they are
ideal for
working 1/2" to 3/4" thicknesses; as found,
no
damage, little used, a quick cleaning will have
them up
and running:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t14.jpg
$85.00
WP8 IxCox 3/4" (depth of cut) bolection; a classic profile,
this
pre-1800 plane is in overall fine shape having seen
a good amount of use; a small chip in the boxing
at the
heel,
early owner’s initials, will make a fine worker;
Cox was a
major exporter of plane into the Boston area:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t15.jpg
$115.00
WP9 Mathieson 1/2" (depth of cut) quirked ogee and bevel;
in little
used shape, recently cleaned, no damage,
usual
owner’s stamps; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t16.jpg
$85.00
WP10 Super clean H.Chapin Union Factory
adjustable sash
plane
with fully boxed square ovolo; used just a few
time and
then put away, still with shavings in the
mouth, no
owner’s stamps, it would be difficult to
find a
cleaner example of a ca.150 year old plane;
right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t16.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t16a.jpg $115.00
WP11 Beautiful solid boxwood plough
plane by Arrowmammet
Works of
Middleton, CT; never altered, abused, or
clean,
nice even patina, owner’s stamps, a few minor
chips in
the threads, this is a quality example in
far nicer
than usual shape:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t18.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t18a.jpg $255.00
WP12 John Bell/Phil cornice plane; a
good original example
that cuts
a 2 1/2" wide quirked ogee and bevel, it’s
as-found;
no damage about the wedge, a couple no-harm
cracks in
the boxing, a strip was applied to the
fence to
increase its bearing surface; a nice one:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t20.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t20a.jpg $135.00
WP13 Good cove and square ovolo molder;
a very well made
plane, in
mint shape, with no maker’s mark, the profile
is 1/2",
the plane is originally for sashwork, but is
perfect
as a cabinetwork profile; owner’s marks, will
make a
fine worker:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t21.jpg $95.00
WP14 ca.1820 S.W.PIERCE unrecorded
maker in barely used
condition; this one looks like something from VT,
the maker
wasn’t too knowledgeable on the fine points
of
planemaking as he didn’t box the quirk on this
1/2"
deep quirked ovolo and bevel; a great early
hand cut
maker’s mark, no owner’s marks, some dis-
coloration at the toe, it may have been used once
or twice
and then was forgotten:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t22.jpg
$125.00
WP15 Extra clean and oddly boxed
bolection; this 3/4" depth
of cut
plane has lignum boxing along the fence, with a
brass
plate screwed to the bottom; a very nicely made
plane, with no maker’s mark, it’s as
clean as the day
it was
made; has maker/owner marks, image fails to
capture
just how nice this one is:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t31.jpg
$235.00
WP16 A magnificent matching pair of
double iron molding planes
by
J.Miller; both of the same profile, a torus bead,
cove, and
bead, they are graduated in 7/8” and 5/8”
thicknesses; carefully used, with no owner’s stamps,
recently
oiled, they are as nice a matched pair of
planes
I’ve had in some time:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t35.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t35a.jpg $455.00
WP17 Rare solid boxwood rabbet plane by
Holland/Lambeth;
in fine
shape, with no appreciable wear, some minor
stains,
it’s a standard size rabbet with a 1 1/4" wide
iron;
usual owner’s stamps; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t43.jpg
$195.00
WP18 Great Mathieson smoothing plane
with puzzling solid
lignum
sole cleverly applied to beech body; all original,
with
Mathieson iron, it has absolutely no damage about
the wedge
and no wear to the sole; a fine worker, with
a finer
mouth, and the finest quality; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t44.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t44a.jpg $285.00
WP19 Crisp miniature solid boxwood
patternmaker’s plane
with five
original soles and matching irons; just
4
1/4" long, the body is a two-piece construction for
stability
and is coffin-shaped, which contrasts nicely
with the
rectangular soles; someone put a lot of effort
into this one:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t50.jpg
$235.00
WP20 Rare, and in brand new condition,
Mathieson miniature
router;
made of beech, with a 1/4” wide iron, it’s
clearly
stamped with the Mathieson name on the side;
a great
little tool; top left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t51.jpg
$135.00
WP21 Killer nice fully adjustable panel
raiser with nicker,
a most
unusual feature for UK-made panel raisers; in
very
little used shape, with no damage or alteration,
it’s by
Varvill&Sons of York; double iron, extra fine
mouth,
more time was spent stamping it with owner’s
marks
than using it; the best UK panel raiser I’ve
ever
offered, both width and depth can be adjusted
suiting
this to all sorts or work:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t52.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t52a.jpg $395.00
WP22 Graphic mahogany router with steel
plated sole; a
unique
look, with contrasting brass and steel, it has
a molded
body for comfortable grip; 8” long with a 1/2"
wide
cutter, owner’s stamp, it’ll work as fine as it
looks;
left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t53.jpg
$135.00
WP23 Beautiful miniature mahogany and
rosewood router with
carve
volute grips; 5” long, in perfect condition, a
simple
tool is made into a work of art by the boundless
imagination of its creator; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t53.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t53a.jpg $190.00
WP24 Extremely rare, and likely unique,
chamfer plane by
Cowell
& Chapman; I’ve never seen anything like this
one,
where a rectangular body is raised/lowered within
a
surrounding body, and secured in place by a wedge;
6” long,
with owner’s mark (one at toe covers the
company’s
location) and two small check in the body,
the iron
is a replacement, which probably kept it in
its
little used condition; an experiment gone awry;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t55.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t55a.jpg $255.00
WP25 Fine solid mahogany smoothing
plane with an E.Preston
2” wide
iron; in an amazing state of preservation, with
no damage
about the wedge, it saw very little use only
showing
some shallow scratches in the sole; usual owner
or
maker’s marks, 8” long, a rich color to it; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t59.jpg
$155.00
WP26 Great double side rabbet made of
an exotic wood that
I can’t
identify, with a beautiful grain pattern; the
two
wedges are jet black ebony, the plane has a steel
sole;
perfect chamfers on the 6” long body, it’s a super
fine
plane made by a very gifted craftsman, who stamped
his name
in the endgrain; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t59.jpg
$255.00
WP27 A unique exotic wood plough plane
that has large brass
thumb
screws situated at the toe and heel to lock the
fence in
position; a user-made plane of fine quality,
it
represents the seemingly infinite ways of constructing
a tool
whose simple task is to cut a groove; no damage,
lots of
brass, nice grain (the wood looks to be some
dalbergia), the wedge is lignum:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t60.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t60a.jpg $485.00
WP28 Odd and early shorter ogee molding
plane by I.H.Kirkland;
8
1/4" long, not cut down, it’s a pre-1800 plane that
cuts a
1/2" deep Roman ogee; in fine shape, never
cleaned,
with owner’s marks, including a very early one
of “IOHN
BLACK”, the wedge has a glueable split below
the
finial; a nice plane; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t61.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t61a.jpg $135.00
WP29 Very rare cock bead fillister by
Cauldwall; in pristine
condition, dates pre-1800, never altered or abused,
and with
owner’s stamp, the plane was used to cut a
narrow
and deep rabbet along the perimeter of a drawer
front,
after it was assembled, so that a beaded strip
could be
applied around the drawer’s perimeter; this
strip
stands proud of the drawer’s face to give it a
more
pleasing appearance; formally, the bead was formed
integral
to the piece’s carcase, which is much more
work, the
applied bead started to take of during the
Hepplewhite period, and was done only on the higher
end
furniture; you’ll go years before seeing another
plane like this, if you ever see
another; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t61.jpg
$290.00
WP30 Miniature mahogany and boxwood
wedge arm plough; a
craftsman-made tool that’s just 5 1/2" long, it has
flat
chamfers along the body; molded fence is made of
composite
pieces, the maker moved the arm positions on
the fence
for extra reach; a cut little plane:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t64.jpg
$285.00
WP31 Extra clean, used once or twice,
fully boxed sole sash
fillister
by Greenslade/Bristol; other than an owner’s
stamp,
this thing is like the day it left the factory;
very
handy for general rabbeting:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t65.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t65a.jpg
$155.00
WP32 Killer John Green ca.1775 1”
(depth of cut) sqare,
cove, and
torus bead; this thing is like the day it
was made,
with no owner stamps, clear maker’s mark,
no
modification or damage, just dry surfaces; boxing
has no
cracks, is loose, and needs to be glued back
in place,
a trivial job; as nice as they come and
in a most
pleasing profile:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t72.jpg
$245.00
WP33 Boxwood miniature compass plane in
fine, damage free
shape; 3
1/4” long with a 1” wide iron, never cleaned,
fine
patina, and perfect for hollowing out smaller
work; a
very nice plane; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t75.jpg
$125.00
WP34 Great pair of miniature side
rabbets with mahogany
bodies
and solid boxwood ‘soles’; rare to find a
matching
pair as they normally got broken up over
time; 2
3/4" ling, with no damage, craftsman made,
and with
a great look; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t77.jpg $290.00
WP35 N.Little ca.1790 beech panel
raiser; as-found, it’s
in need
of a wedge and iron, what’s here is very nice
with no
damage; cuts a 1 1/4” wide panel, it’ll be a
great
worker once restored; a fraction of the price
were it
complete; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t80.jpg
$145.00
WP36 Extremely rare 1/8” dado plane by
Mathieson; fully
boxed
sole, this one has the screwed stop, with the
nicker
iron secured by a sideways wedge; other than
an
owner’s stamp, it’s essentially unused; a great
plane;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t80.jpg $155.00
WP37 Unusual extra complex, and done so
over a very narrow
width,
molder by Arthur; profile is 1/2" square, and
I
couldn’t get a good image of it from the heel; it’s
an
astragal, cove, astragal, and cove; flat chamfers
on the
body, some long inactive worm holes, the wood
is in no
way weakened, this one will make you seasick
just
looking at the ups and downs of its wavy profile;
left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t83.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t83a.jpg $155.00
WP38 Early Darby&Cox 3/8” astragal;
flat chamfers and Sleeper
like wedge,
this one looks to date from ca.1780; in
superb
condition, owner’s initials, never cleaned, it’s
nearly
like the day it was made; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t83.jpg
$75.00
WP39 Another nice John Green pre-1800
plane, this a 3/4"
(depth of
cut) bolection; in sound shape, cleaned some
time ago,
never altered, a no-harm crack in the boxing,
early
owner’s stamp, and a great size for today’s
work:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t85.jpg
$155.00
WP40 Different Routledge/Birmingham
1/2" by 1 1/4" quirked
ogee,
tiny bevel, and bead; in sound shape, cleaned
some time
ago, no damage, couple cracks in the boxing,
owner’s
initials, a profile that doesn’t show up too
often:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t86.jpg
$115.00
WP41 Griffiths/Norwich 3/16” square
ovolo; uncommon size,
this a
nice working example that saw little use, and
has no
owner’s marks; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t87.jpg
$75.00
WP42 Cauldwall 1/4" Roman ogee; a
difficult size to find,
this late
1700’s plane is in fine working shape, with
usual
owner stamp; never altered or abused; ideal for
fine
cabinetwork; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t87.jpg
$125.00
WP43 Lamb&Brownell low angle block
plane; this is what the
pre-metallic wooden block planes look like, with their
single iron; free of damage, little used, dirty
from
sitting
idle, 9” long with a 1 3/4" wide iron; a plane
that
normally looks hideous from use, this is a nice
example;
top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t88.jpg
$55.00
WP44 A never used tote pair of 1/2”
steel plated fence
match
planes by H.Chapin; other than an owner stamping
initials
in them, they are just like the day they were
made over 130 years ago; centers the
groove on 1/2"
thick
stock, and capable of 3/8” to 5/8” thick work,
the
narrow match planes are difficult to find with
integral
totes; relics of long ago and a testament to
how they
used to offer them:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t104.jpg $145.00
WP45 Pair of used once and then
forgotten matching beech
molders
by Marples; both for 3/4" stock, one a cove
and the
other an ovolo, both with most decals on the
side,
they are perfect for making the common bed
molding
that typically transitions the soffit to the
frieze:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t111.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t111a.jpg
$145.00
WP46 Fine ca.1800 maple jointer by
unrecorded maker S.G.
Wood; 34”
long, with a 2 5/8” double iron, this
plane is
in nearly unused condition and is a remarkable
survivor
given its age; has an inlaid strike button
for
backing the iron/wedge off, the closed tote has
a
decorative diamond inlay at the top of the tote,
a few
trivial checks in the stock, this isn’t your
usual
piece of bench plane firewood:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t116.jpg $255.00
MISCELLANEOUS
*************
MI1 Just in time for winter, here’s an oversized ice
shaver
with nicely turned figured maple handle (
figure
doesn’t show well in the image); 22” long,
and in
overall fine uncleaned shape, it’s ready to
carve
that cigar store indian out of a block of ice
as the centerpiece
for your son’s bar mitzvah; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t2.jpg
$35.00
MI2 Huge, massive, and oversized claw hammer; used for
driving
spikes, the head on this beast is 7” long;
as-found,
could stand a cleaning, handle is still
secured
tightly, there are some small chips off the
claws;
you’ll need a doctor’s prescription for
anabolic
steroids to use this one; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t2.jpg
$65.00
MI3 A more civilized size hammer, and a rare one at that,
this the
rare chisel claw hammer made in Hoboken, NJ;
less famous
than Frank, but so far outlasting him, this
one is in
brand new condition, and has the patent applied
for info
stamped in the logo; be the Rodent in Chief
of the
Rat Pack with this fine example; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t3.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t3a.jpg $285.00
MI4 Early and oversized brace with cool spring-loaded
chuck and
early spoon bit; dating to ca.1800, very
well
made, 15 1/2" long, not including the 3/4"
diameter
bit, it’s in overall fine shape despite a
large
chip on the turned wooden head which no longer
turns;
top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t4.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t4a.jpg
$85.00
MI5 Good hewing axe with offset handle; 9” edge, the old
handle is
still securely attached, made by Douglas Axe.
Co, a
best quality MA maker; flat face with bevel one
one side,
as found and in better than usual axe shape,
it will
make a fine worker; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t4.jpg
$85.00
MI6 Rare James Swan 14” (edge length) drawknife; for the
largest
work, best quality, as-found, back will need
a polishing to make a sound worker; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t5.jpg
$65.00
MI7 Clean Marples beech bow saw; with all original parts,
no
damage, a fine tool for doing detailed curved work,
the
blade is 15” long; the smaller grip has a small
flat face
on it, it will need some new twine; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t5.jpg
$55.00
MI8 Early wooden whetstone holder; with an applied clip
for
hanging on the belt, this rustic item has simple
carving
on the back; a long stable check, it’s in
fine
shape given its age; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t11.jpg
$55.00
MI9 Extra clean Marsden Bros plated brace; a super example,
with
solid and perfect lignum head, there’s a good
amount of
original finish on it; never buffed, no
checks,
the lever-activated chuck has a strong spring
making it
perfect for use; not your usual dog of a
brace;
top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t12.jpg
$155.00
MI10 Clean graduated set of 8 plough
irons by Hearnshaw;
the
standard widths of 1/8” to 1/2", in 1/16” in-
crements,
and a 5/8”; no re-works, none of the
mushrooming on the heel, minimal tarnish, a quality
set
that’s been waiting to be put back to use; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t13.jpg
$85.00
MI11 Patternmaker’s radius plane with
very low pitch to the
iron;
bronze body with beech infill, there are five
bottoms
but a single iron; a good plane for those
recreating colonial work where tool marks are desired:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t17.jpg
$90.00
MI12 Main casting and frog for the
Steer’s Improved #403
(#3 size)
smoothing plane; no damage, just grungy from
sitting
idle, the original cap iron and iron (short)
and tote
remnants are also present; a good part for
restoration; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t19.jpg
$85.00
MI13 10” backsaw by Disston; a ca.WWI
model in far nicer
than usual shape, sharp enough to use out of the
box,
most
etching visible, good and straight, no damage to
the
handle, that’s marked with tool bench numbers; a
quality
saw; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t19.jpg
$70.00
MI14 Nice Preston rosewood spirit
level; no damage, original
vial,
good amount of original finish on the wood, the
brass
plating was recently polished; 8” long; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t24.jpg
$50.00
MI15 Odd adjustable wrench; I can’t
recall who made this
one (if I
tried to memorize all the wrench makers, my
head
would explode); 6” long, adjusts freely, in usual
wrench
shape, owner initials pricked in jaw; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t24.jpg
$55.00
MI16 Cool bronze bull nose plane with
extra long mahogany
wedge
that serves as a handle; with a unique shape to
the
casting, the wedge follows that profile of the
casting
perfectly, mahogany stuffing serves as the
bed for
the 1 3/8” wide iron; 4” long, very well made,
and not
another like it; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t26.jpg
$275.00
MI17 Rare bronze plate for one of
M.B.Tidey’s inventions;
this is the same Tidey who wrought the rare
and
valuable
double beveling plane, he later turned his
inventive
‘genius’ to circular saws where he ultimately
found
some acceptance; this plaque is from one of those
machines,
and makes a great go-with for his plane; in
fine
shape, never cleaned, and inspiration to all of
us what
have a crazy voice in the head barking from
the dark
corner; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t26.jpg $145.00
MI18 Miniature curved brass rabbet
plane with rosewood wedge;
this is a
manufactured plane, thought to be from Norfolk
area in
the UK; it’s 2 1/4" long, and free of damage,
with all original parts; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t26.jpg
$195.00
MI19 Starrett No.134 cross test level,
brand new in the
original
box; no damage and ready to go; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t27.jpg
$25.00
MI20 Record 042 rabbet plane; this a
narrower model of the
series,
originally offered by Preston; all original
parts, no
damage, and saw very little use as it still
has the
decal on the toe; 8” long with a 3/4" wide
iron; a fine worker that only needs a honing; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t28.jpg
$185.00
MI21 Brass miter template; no maker’s
mark, but looks to
be
Preston, and in little used shape; standard size
with 5
1/2" base; the perfect tool for perfect miters
of integral
moldings; top right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t29.jpg
$35.00
MI22 Richardson 16” backsaw; their
extra grade, this one
saw very
little use and is still sharp enough to use
as is;
the handle is secured to the spine, the blade
is good
and straight with no damage, owner’s mark,
the blade
can be brightened with a rub down from
steel
wool; for cutting large tenons in door, window
frames,
etc.; an uncommon length; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t29.jpg
$75.00
MI23 Good jeweler’s/watchmaker’s vise;
made in France, with
a sliding
collar to open and secure the jaws; no damage,
little
used, 5” long; top right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t30.jpg
$25.00
MI24 L.S.Starrett 6” combination square
with centering head;
free of
damage, and in sound shape, it’s missing the
scribe;
level vial is original and fine; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t30.jpg
$45.00
MI25 Rare J.Buck gunmetal chariot plane
with rosewood wedge;
both the
plane and iron are stamped with the Buck name,
it’s 3
3/8” long with a 1 1/4" wide iron; nicely cleaned,
no
owner’s marks, this plane was used for smoothing small
problem areas; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t32.jpg
$225.00
MI26 Rare 9” nickel plated Preston
level in its original
box; the
smaller models show up quite often, but this
is the
first of the 9” I’ve seen; this one can be
precisely
dated to 1932 when Record bought out Preston
as it’s
stamped with the Preston name; 99.99% plating
remains,
a great example; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t33.jpg
$385.00
MI27 Extra clean Preston adjustable
spoke shave with the
rare
japanned and chinapped finish; as clean as they
come,
with all original parts and finish, this colorful
model is
identical to the nickel plated line and has
the full
cutter adjuster; flat sole, 2” iron, and 95%
original
finish; a great worker; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t33.jpg
$125.00
MI28 Pair of matching boxwood handle
drawbore pins; always
together
with original points, the steel needs a
cleaning;
a couple tight checks in the handles, one
runs the
full length; they are rarely found as a
matching
pair; 15” long; top two:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t34.jpg
$125.00
MI29 General angle divider; identical to
the Stanley #30,
and works
just as well for less money, it has all
original
parts and no damage; functions as a bevel,
square,
and angle bisector; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t34.jpg
$55.00
MI30 Collett Engineering adjustable
dovetail gauge with
both
brass templates; the 1:6 and 1:8 templates are
secure to
the gauge for precise layout; in the original
box, and
with a copy of the original instructions, it’s
a neat
gizmo in damage free shape;
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t36.jpg
$125.00
MI31 10 mint special cutters for the
Record 405 combination
plane;
included are reeding cutters, fluting cutters,
and a
sash cutter; difficult to find and will take
your
plane to another plane; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t36.jpg
$125.00
MI32 Exquisite miniature miter plane by
Bill Carter; made
from the
spine of a back saw, with a precisely dove-
tailed
steel base, it has a reverse Cupid’s bow bridge
that’s
stamped with his name; rosewood wedge and
stuffing,
the 1/2" wide iron is stamped with his name
as well;
3 1/4" long, the mouth is impossibly fine,
the sides
are nicely shaped at the heel; this plane
came from
a collection in Ireland, owned by a guy who
only
bought Bill’s best stuff, the same collection as
the
featured tool; top left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t37.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t37a.jpg $985.00
MI33 Nice Preston plumb bob and
matching spool; both with
the
Preston name, the bob is 2 1/2" long; some minor
dings,
not all buffed up, most of these combinations
are
reproductions; top right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t37.jpg
$135.00
MI34 Preston miniature rabbet plane; a
good working example,
the wedge
is a replacement made of brass (the original
rosewood
ones are very fragile and prone to breakage);
a perfect
mouth, 90% original plating, 3 1/4" long with
a 3/8”
wide iron; the brass wedge is an exact copy of
the
original and no doubt an improvement; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t37.jpg
$120.00
MI35 Book, “Cabinet-Making For
Beginners” by Charles Hayward;
the 1979
Sterling re-print of the original 1947 edition,
long out
of print, paperback, in fine shape, and loaded
with
descriptive text, photos, and drawings that only
Hayward
could do, the best author ever on woodworking;
left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t38.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t38a.jpg $55.00
MI36 Rare 3/4" snecked iron marked
with the Norris/London
logo; for
the rabbet planes, free of damage, and near
original
length; harder to find than the plane itself;
right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t38.jpg $135.00
MI37 Book, “Three McIntyre Rooms From
Peabody, Massachusetts”
by The
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; a hardcover limited
edition,
printed in 1931, this book represents the
pinnacle
of American design and craftsmanship; with
photographs of the rooms, furniture, design details,
and
scaled architectural drawings, this is a superb
book of
high style Federal design; many drool over
the stuff
shown in Fine Woodworking and similar
magazines
as the ultimate in craftsmanship without any
knowledge
of what was done in the past; with this book
you’ll
soon realize that most modern day ‘masters’ are
mere
pretenders to the true greats in woodworking and
design
history:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t40.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t40a.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t40b.jpg $145.00
MI38 A super clean Millers Falls
Barber’s Patent brace; a
ca.1885
brace, with nearly all plating and finish on
the
rosewood head and grip; 12” sweep, extra tight
springs
in non-ratcheting chuck, this is a quality
general
purpose brace that needs no work at all to
use; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t42.jpg $65.00
MI39 Wilkinson & Co 8” (blade
length) folding handle drawknife;
best
quality, Wilkinson was one of the premier hardware
stores in
pre-WWI America, offering only the best quality
tools in
the Boston store; a fine working example, fruit-
wood
handles fold over the blade to protect the edge, and
your
fingers; a solid worker, and couldn’t be made new
today for
twice the price; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t42.jpg
$70.00
MI40 Jazzy level with shapely design,
solid brass plated
sole and
brass vial cover that’s engraved with the
maker’s
name, Henry Eaton, and location of Machester;
in fine
shape, with no damage, it’s 36” long; nicely
cleaned,
decorative cutout on the vial cover, and no
owner’s
marks or hang holes; a cool looking level; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t46.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t46a.jpg $275.00
MI41 A magnificent, and mint, Mathieson
3pt rip saw; with
split
nuts, this pre-1875 relic managed to make it
through
its life unscathed, it has a perfect handle
without
any owner’s marks; 28” long blade is stamped
with the
Mathieson name and Glasgow&Edinburgh locations;
other
than some minor scuffs from storage, and a slight
tarnish
to the steel, it’s exactly like it left the
factory,
and is a testament to quality, craftsmanship,
and
survival; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t46.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t46a.jpg $375.00
MI42 Clean L.S.Starrett precision
level; 12” long, both
original
vials, the largest has a rotating cover to
protect
it; a pre-WWII model, in fine shape, it’s
Starrett’s best level; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t47.jpg
$90.00
MI43 Unusual cast iron level with brass
vial; 18” long, the
base has
circular cutouts to give it a futuristic look,
the red
finish appears original; no damage, vial looks
to be
original, it’s a well made tool; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t47.jpg
$185.00
MI44 Group of 8 never used carving
chisels by Ashley Iles;
while not
marked with the company name, they came with
the next
four that are marked and are of identical
design
and quality; with beech handles, there are some
nice
shapes here, five of which are bent designs; widths
range
from 1/4" to 7/8”; some have localized superficial
rust from
sitting idle; left pile:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t48.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t48a.jpg $185.00
MI45 Four marked Ashley Iles carving
chisels with mahogany
handles; unused, there are two V’s, a bent and a
straight
gouge; widths of 1/8” to 5/8”; fine quality;
right
pile:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t48.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t48b.jpg $90.00
MI46 Pair of S.J.Addis straight gouges;
a 5/8” #4 and a 7/8”
#6, both
with good lengths and octagonal walnut handles
that have
a unique owner’s name of T.BEANLANDS; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t49.jpg
$45.00
MI47 Large S.J.Addis gouge; 1 1/4"
width with mahogany
handle,
and in fine worker shape; looks to be about a
#8;
right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t49.jpg
$40.00
MI48 Clean and very rare miniature
rosewood spoke shave by
Marples;
still with most of the original decal, no
damage,
showing little sign of use, it has a 1” wide
iron; a
perfect go-with for the boxwood and beech
model;
top right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t51.jpg
$135.00
MI49 Early strop mounted on a molded
figured walnut base;
10” long,
the strop proper is 1 1/4" wide, the base
has two
pins for securing in the bench surface while
in use;
owner’s marks, a nice thing that could easily
be
overlooked by the casual eye; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t51.jpg
$85.00
MI50 Unusual adjustable hammer and tack
puller; in mint
shape,
it’s manufactured and has a UK registration
number
stamped in the adjustable head; 12 1/2" long,
very well
made, and with turned beech handle; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t54.jpg
$135.00
MI51 J.Buck 3/8” wide lock mortice
chisel with stubby
turned
boxwood handle; business end has a much sharper
than
usual curvature to it, it’s in fine shape, a
perfect
worker, and of best quality as it’s also
stamped
“BEST STEEL”; not your usual lock mortice
chisel;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t54.jpg
$90.00
MI52 Unique #2 sized Scottish smoothing
plane; a scaled
down
version of the design, this one has a sole that’s
7” long,
and carries a 1 3/4" wide double iron that’s
pitched
lower than usual; molded bun and toe, stuffed
with
walnut, it has a most unique look; one stuffing
pin fell
out, there’s some minor pitting along one
edge of
the sole, and the back of the mouth has some
roughness, but none of this detracts from what’s a
very nice
little plane; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t55.jpg
$475.00
MI53 Book, “Making and Modifying
Woodworking Tools” by
James
Kingshott; long out of print, in new condition,
and
eagerly sought out by would-be tool makers; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t56.jpg
$75.00
MI54 Rapier 10” sliding bevel, brand
new in the original
box; just
like the Stanley design, with the thumb
screw at
the butt to lock the blade in place, the
thing
appears never to have been used; box has split
corners,
one end flap gone, but is sound; some
blistering of the plating on the blade; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t56.jpg
$85.00
MI55 Four nice London pattern boxwood
handle chisels by
Marples;
in little used condition, with perfect handles,
a good amount
of original decals, widths of 3/8”, 1/2",
3/4", and 1” (this is the only one that appears to be
used);
average 10” long; great quality; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t57.jpg
$165.00
MI56 Seven barely used joiner’s mortice
chisels by J.Buck;
laminated
steel construction, each with original perfect
beech
handles, no owner’s marks, as nice as set as I’ve
had, and
in next to impossible to find condition; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t57.jpg
$390.00
MI57 A superb and massive panel plane;
the casting on this
thing is
5/16” thick, an unheard of dimension, making
it one of
the heaviest in existence; 12 1/2" long, and
meticulously shaped casting that’s stuffed with select
mahogany,
it’s fit with a 2 1/2" wide Marples iron; as
found,
never clean, free of damage, and a great feel in
the hand,
this is the nicest user-made panel plane I’ve
seen, and
words can’t do justice to it:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t58.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t58a.jpg $585.00
MI58 Extremely rare brass framed
carver’s mallet with turned
lignum
handle; loads of mass on this stubby 7 1/2" long
mallet
that’s stuffed with lignum; recently cleaned, no
damage,
and a great feel in the hand; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t62.jpg
$255.00
MI59 The best signed and manufactured
mallet by John Wilson
of
Sheffield; an extra dense turned head (may be polished
lignum)
with a turned boxwood handle that carries the
maker’s
mark, it’s in unused condition showing only some
scuffs
from storage; simply amazing; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t62.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t62a.jpg $385.00
MI60 An extra complex and manufactured
layout tool made of
brass
with its original wooden box; made by S.A.Sears
of
Cambridge (UK), it’s a roof gauge for figuring the
complex
cuts of rafters; stamped with a patent number,
it’s a
well made tool and looks to be complete; about
12” long,
you’d have to have graduated summa cum laude
at
Cambridge to figure out how to use this complex
gizmo:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t63.jpg
$375.00
MI61 A most unusual Preston stringing
router with an
attachment I’ve never seen before; looking like the
standard
issue, but a very early model with the deep
green
finish, it has an auxiliary ‘handle’ that fits
into the
casting below the raised handle so that an
an extra
fence can be added; in fine shape, with 3
original
cutters, it represents the inventive genius
going on
in the Birmingham tool laboratories that
were once Preston; the long rod
doesn’t go with the
tool, but
was in the wooden box when I bought it;
very odd,
and certainly extremely rare; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t66.jpg
$285.00
MI62 Brand new Preston nickel plated
rabbet plane; 7/8”
wide, 8”
long, it was used once then put away; in
impossible to find condition; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t66.jpg
$475.00
MI63 Beautiful veneer saw in a user
made mahogany sleeve;
a
manufactured tool by a French firm (can’t quite make
the mark
out), the molded handle is made of cormier;
in perfect
shape, the saw is 20” long, has two sets
of teeth,
and was used to cut accurately sheets of
veneer by
the best Ébéniste’s; the French mean a lot
of things
to different people, but there’s no doubt
that the
made the most graphic tools, and this one
is no
exception:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t67.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t67a.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t67b.jpg $385.00
MI64 Brass straight edge with brass
handle; beveled edges
make it
suitable for an accurate reference when marking,
it’s two
feet long; never polished and well made; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t68.jpg
$65.00
MI65 Pair of unique mahogany winding
sticks with pegs to keep
the pair
together; a lighter colored wood runs the length
of each,
they are 17” long; the ends have a tabbed recess
for
splitting them apart; a very clever design, it’s a
wonder
all aren’t made this way; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t68.jpg
$95.00
MI66 An important brass plated try and
miter square with
with
boxwood handle by Melhuish; in never cleaned
shape,
with a good amount of original finish, no
owner’s
mark, and delicate Cupid’s bow detail on the
brass
plating; 12” long blade has superficial rust
that will
clean, I can’t recall ever seeing such a
square
with boxwood for the handle; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t69.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t69a.jpg $385.00
MI67 Little used ebony handled try
square with original
Sorby
Punch Brand decal; never cleaned or abused, with
no
owner’s stamps, 9” blade, no pitting to the blade,
price tag
remnants on the blade; a fine example;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t69.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t69a.jpg $115.00
MI68 Good tapered reamer with turned
lignum handle; in
nearly
new shape, no damage, 6 1/2" long, it tapers
from
around 1/8” to 3/8” over its length; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t70.jpg
$35.00
MI69 Different iron/chisel honing jig
with one wheel; in
right out
of a tool chest condition, it’s well made
and can
take up to a 2 5/8” width; japanned, well
made,
it’s like the circus clown on the unicycle
meets
tool; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t70.jpg
$35.00
MI70 Five catalogs of the Stanley tool
auction, including
catalog
#2; in fine shape, lots of photos, and a good
look back
what tooling was like in the 1980’s; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t71.jpg
$30.00
MI71 Brand new copy of Patented
Transitional & Metallic
Planes in
America, vol.II by Roger Smith; out of print,
never
been read, and a great reference to many of the
‘better
mousetraps’ that only manage to snare the
inventor’s and manufacturer’s hard earned money; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t71.jpg
$90.00
MI72 Good brass frame eggbeater drill
with rosewood knob and
grip
that’s accented with ivory; 12” long, in cleaned
condition, no damage, works smoothly, the large wing nut
chuck
screw looks to be an old replacement; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t73.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t73a.jpg $235.00
MI73 Most unusual adze with
hammer-shaped poll for driving
spikes/pins; with the original nicely shaped handle
(not in
the photo), this thing is in barely used
shape with
no pitting; laminated steel construction,
from the
mid-1800’s, 3 3/4” wide edge, nearly 12”
long,
it’s a Sheffield-made item with a maker’s mark
that I
can’t read; not your usual blah adze; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t73.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t73a.jpg $175.00
MI74 An amazing graduated set of four
Preston beading
shaves,
including the extremely rare 1” diameter
model;
each with all original parts, and with irons
marked
with Preston name and size, 75%+ japanning on
each,
diameters of 1”, 3/4", 5/8”, and 3/8”:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t74.jpg
$675.00
MI75 Boxwood London pattern handle
small screw driver by
Jameson;
in little used shape, with decal remnants on
handle, 6
3/4" long, superficial rust on blade will
wipe off
in seconds; a quality tool; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t75.jpg
$30.00
MI76 L.S.Starrett No.61 try square;
as-found, in need of a
cleaning,
it will make a sound worker; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t76.jpg
$25.00
MI77 Small rosewood handled gentleman’s
strap hammer; a
delicate
thing, just 6 3/4" long, it’s never been
cleaned;
made by Marples, it’s the kind that was also
sold in
their tool rolls; face of the hammer shows
trivial
marks from use, it’s in better than usual
hammer
shape; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t76.jpg
$110.00
MI78 6” ebony parallel rule; as found,
no damage, use it
to map
that other universe in your head; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t77.jpg
$25.00
MI79 Best Darling’s Patent adjustable
brace I’ve seen, the
name,
Bridgewater (MA) location, PATENTED, and a good
part of
the date are clearly visible on the chuck; a
certified
gizmo, and one of the most sought after
American
patented braces, there are a series of holes
drilled
into the frame into which the jaw’s arm is fit
to secure
the bit; a stupid, and costly to make, idea,
this one
has never been messed with, not was it used
much; one
wonders how much opium Darling was smoking
when he
came up with this one back in 1868; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t78.jpg
$975.00
MI80 Mint, never used, fully nickel
plated Preston double
side
rabbet with criss-crossing adjustable cutters;
just like
it was made; 5 1/2" long; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t78.jpg
$395.00
MI81 Fine Spiers parallel side dovetail
smoother with
rosewood
stuffing; all original, including the serial
number
struck bed, iron, and cap iron (iron’s number
is weak),
it’s as nice a smoother as I’ve ever offered,
free of
owner’s marks or damage, some tight checks
(can’t
get a hair in them), and never cleaned; a bit
of
superficial rust from sitting idle, it’s 7 1/2"
long with
a 2 1/8” wide Ward&Payne parallel iron; a
beefy
tote on this one; not your usual UK tool dump
on
unsuspecting customers, this one:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t79.jpg
$535.00
MI82 Strange mahogany level with
circular cutouts on the
body; 12”
long, it appears to have been mounted on
something
as there are three holes in the base, one
which
runs through the leftmost cutout; plated top,
vial is
original; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t81.jpg
$75.00
MI83 Nice mahogany and brace center
finder with adjustable
brass
‘pegs’; 9 1/2" long, the back is a pierced sheet
of brass,
it’s well made, and with a great look; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t81.jpg
$255.00
MI84 Woden W78 rabbet plane; complete,
and in its original
box, the
plane is based on the tried and true Stanley
model,
but improves on that with a longer two-arm
fence,
and a wooden grip at the toe; all original
parts, so
use but with loads more life left in it,
it has
more mass than the #78; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t82.jpg
$90.00
MI85 Ebony and brass miter square; 8”
long blade, it saw
use, no
damage, and of usual Sheffield quality; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t82.jpg
$40.00
MI86 Unused Record No.51 Junior vise;
6” jaws, quickly
clamps to
any secure surface, made in the UK, opens
to 4”
capacity, some paint loss from banging around;
top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t84.jpg
$45.00
MI87 Record No.400 eggbeater drill;
well made, two gears
that
engage the main gear, little used, some loss to
the
wood’s finish, usual Record quality, this came
from an
estate of a guy who worked at Record; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t84.jpg
$40.00
MI88 Barely used rosewood and brass
mortice gauge; a
manufactured example (can’t read the mark), Sheffield
made,
it’s ready to use out of the box; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t88.jpg
$40.00
MI89 8” steel level with old wooden
case; in fine shape,
V bottom,
vial is original, it’s a well made machinist’s
product; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t89.jpg
$75.00
MI90 6” ebony and brass Preston spirit
level; all original,
nicely
cleaned, and clearly stamped with the Preston
name;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t89.jpg
$45.00
MI91 Good 1950’s Record 04 1/2
oversized smoothing plane;
made just
like the Stanley’s of the 20’s and 30’s, it
has
rosewood knob and tote, all original parts, it was
used just
a few times and then put away; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t90.jpg
$95.00
MI92 9 registered firmer chisels by
Marples; in barely used
shape,
these extra rugged chisels are designed to be
beat to a
bloody pulp and beyond; no pitting or rust,
as clean
as they come, widths from 1” down to 3/16”,
the ends
have steel hoops to withstand mallet blows;
date to
the 1950’s:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t91.jpg
$225.00
MI93 Lancashire pattern saw with turned
rosewood handle;
15” long,
right out of a chest, it’s missing its
blade, a
standard hacksaw blade is what it takes;
ready for
you to resurrect; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t92.jpg
$25.00
MI94 Restoration mallet with brass
head; original handle,
the brass
casting needs to be restuffed with the wood
of your
choice, an easy job; in sound shape, as found,
not all
beat up with minor dings in the faces of the
casting,
12”, and a bargain over what a complete one
fetches;
bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t92.jpg
$40.00
MI95 “The Woodworker” vol.LVII 1954; a
year’s worth of the
magazine,
bound in a hardcover, there’s loads and loads
of useful
stuff within, much of it dedicated to tool
use,
making, and projects; there’s a good article
about
equipping your shop with hand tools, how to
make
screw boxes, making a shooting board, etc.:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t93.jpg
$35.00
MI96 Bound 1909 copies of the newspaper
“WORK”; loads of
info,
articles, illustrations, and advertisements in
this one,
it was a weekly paper so there’s lots of
pages in
this volume; in sound shape, with usual
yellowing, the spine shows some roughness; the
adverts
alone are worth the price:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t94.jpg
$45.00
MI97 Good scorp with curved edge for
hollowing out chair
seats,
bowls, etc.; nice turned handles, good and
tight to
the metal, it saw little use and has loads
of life
left in it; a quality Sheffield product,
it’s 4”
across; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t95.jpg
$85.00
MI98 6” (edge width) drawknife with
turned beech handles;
barely
used, no damage, decal remnants still on one
handle,
only needs to be honed to be put back to
work; top
right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t95.jpg
$65.00
MI99 Manufactured (can’t make out
Sheffield maker’s mark)
beech
travisher; a solid worker, no damage, just honest
wear from
careful use, no hang holes, and loads of
life left
in it; the steel is spotless; bottom right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t95.jpg
$185.00
MI100 An unused Bemis & Call saw
set; clearly stamped with
the
company name, the original owner lightly stamped
his
initial into it, and then forgot out it; as mint
as
they come; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t98.jpg
$95.00
MI101 Three barely used Forstner
augers; early models with
the
patent dates stamped in them, in perfect worker
shape, diameters of 8/16”, 11/16”, and 16/16”; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t98.jpg
$55.00
MI102 An unused Millers Falls 6” sweep
with full ratchet
mechanism; like the day it left the factory, with
1911 patent date on chuck, full ratchet, extra
stout jaw springs, ball bearing
head, and nicely
grained cocobolo, this thing couldn’t be made new
today for twice the cost; the same owner initials
as
the previous two items, it’s out of a chest of
stuff that was never used; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t99.jpg
$135.00
MI103 Barely used, and with original
box, post-war Norris
A1
17 1/2” panel plane; never cleaned, never abused,
no
pitting or rust, just honest wear to the ebonized
finish where the original owner gripped the plane,
it
still has the original Norris slip of paper in
the
box; the box is tatty, but structurally fine,
the
plane wore through the end flaps from it sliding
around in it; a spectacular plane, and as nice as
any
I’ve offered:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t106.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t106a.jpg
$985.00
MI104 A barely used set of 10 extra
long skew carving
gouges offered by Cogelow and made by Henry Taylor;
from the 1960’s, and in the original stout box (the
cover’s edges are taped), they have full decals on
their turned beech handles; the longest are over
12”, they are in spotless condition, and look never
to
have been honed; there are five shapes in matching
left and right pairs:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t108.jpg
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t108a.jpg
$385.00
MI105 A companion set to the above, and
in original tape-free
box, seven carvers, with three pair of matching skews
and
a single sideways curved skew; measure 9” to 11”,
never used, they came with the previous set:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t109.jpg $245.00
MI106 Group of 30 Jennings pattern
twist augers in barely
used shape; good workers, the best for hardwoods,
a
bargain compared to what they’d cost in their
original box:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t110.jpg $135.00
MI107 Barely used A.A.Woods double
shave; made by the same
firm who made the best working hollow auger, this
ingenious design offers straight and concave irons
that oppose each other; the shave is simply flipped
over to use one or the other iron; as clean as they
come, and a great worker; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t112.jpg $85.00
MI108 Brand new condition Millers Falls
#1 circular spoke
shave; the most popular design for doing curved work,
this one is like the day it was made, setting it miles
ahead of the pack of dogs normally nipping at your
heels; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t112.jpg $135.00
MI109 Most unusual burnishing tool with
two bearing surfaces,
one
fixed and one rotating; 2” working surfaces, very
well made, looks to be manufactured, comfortable
turned handles, one ferrule is cracked; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t113.jpg $95.00
MI110 Extra clean Disston stair/dado
saw; the 6” long blade
can
be raised or lowered into the beech body to control
the
depth of cut, this one saw little use and is ready
to
go out of the box; a small chip off the top and
bottom horns; perfect for cutting in dados, stopped
work, etc.; top:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t114.jpg $80.00
MI111 Good Star Tool Co patented
sliding bevel with an 8”
blade; of much better quality than the Stanley
products, this one is in little used condition, clearly
stamped with the company name and patent date, an
owner stamped his initials in the brass; made by a
company that also made machinist’s tools; bottom:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t114.jpg $55.00
MI112 Extra clean, nearly new
condition, 1885 patent square
manufactured by the H.&H. Manufacturing Co. of Bridge-
port, CT; all markings crystal clear, including the
graduated 10” blade, it retains most of the
maroon
finish on the cast handle; owner’s initials on the
blade, in never need upgrade condition; left:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t115.jpg $135.00
MI113 Nice miniature try square with 2”
blade and diamond
shape escutcheon in the rosewood handle that’s brass
plated along both edges; in fine shape, cleaned, and
with no owner’s marks; right:
http://www.supertool.com/forsale/t115.jpg $115.00
