I didn't start out wanting to be a plane collector. These are tools that I use, and each has a special job it does. I've got 8 of them so far. Each has a story.

Don't you think that's a bit unkind?

This was my grandfather's. It's really the peak of the technology of mass production plane making. It's a Stanley Bedrock jack plane. An excellent all around tool. A few years before I inherited this, my brother had given me a modern version of essentially the same plane. That modern version is a really expensive and lovingly built reproduction of the old tool. It keeps everything good about the original and improves on it by machining to finer tolerances and using heavier iron for the cutting edge. It's a really beautiful tool, made by a small company in Maine, and it works really well, but I prefer the one my grandfather used.

There's a place in Denver called Packrat Antiques that has great science antiques. There's an old man who runs it who is notoriously rude. My experience matched most of the negative reviews you'll find here:
http://local.yahoo.com/info-19606029...ntiques-denver

and here:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/packrat-anti...NnG8feYRTpEWeQ

I was looking at slide rules and when I didn't buy one he said, You just wasted 45 minutes of my time! Don't hurry back!

(I feel like I've posted this before.)

This one on top was also my grandfather's. It can get into corners to cut rabbets and tenons, but I've never had much luck with it.

The other one is a modern low angle block plane. It's the one I use the most.

Awesome glatt! Pete's cousins hubby collects planes. Pretty cool hobby. He's a professional wood worker so its part of a whole lifestyle thing as well.

I remember playing with one of my grandfather's planes when I was little. I still have the scars.

Wow Fantasy Island!

I've never heard of that place. Now I want to go visit it.

I can imagine your having wanted to be a highly ornamented collector instead ...

Carpentry runs in the family, then, eh?


I guess it's deeply ingrained ...

Oh? Why so? I am now curious. :D

Glatt, I have a couple of those small metal ones. I inherited them indirectly from my wife's father who got them from his father.

because you have a lot of doo-dads and so does bruce.

Mmmmm... Doo Dads! The original snack mix in a box. I want some. The stuff that comes in a bag just isn't as good.