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Hi all, a bit later than planned but I'll post up a few pics here of the old stuff that makes me happy.

 

Having a whole world of trouble uploading pictures here. Too used to working from my phone these days I guess. First pic, handmade planes from approx 1940s. Second and third is my favourite, a brades slaters hammer.

 

One of these features as the murder weapon in an episode of the BBC cop drama series Inspector Lewis. Killer was a psychopath. What are you telling us! (Teasing.)

 

I saw an old plane in the thrift store. They wanted 7 dollars for it. Not as nice as yours. It was mostly metal but obviously old. I thought it would make a nice doorstop but passed on it.
Nothing like the feel of old tools.

 

My Grandfather made these in his school days. They're tiny, largest is around the size of my thumb.

 

Perhaps the reason it was being sold so cheap ha!
This is my second one, the first is used for its original purpose and comes to work with me.

 

I don't meet many roof slaters, although once was narrowly missed by a slate that crashed down right in front of me on a windy day. Welcome!

 

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Thanks for posting, old tools make me happy too!

 

Me too and have some.
There's a guy at the Stadium flea in Rutherford NJ who restores them. He's dangerous to me. Good thing I don't live there.

 

Miniature tools are especially nice!

 

I doubt this is what you mean but I have some of my little Mattel, I think, tools from loooooooooooooooooong ago and found a Crescent wrench recently.

 

Those were used to bevel edges on anything (wood) that had sharp edges like shelves or edges on handmade furniture. The hammer is a "Tack Hammer" - usually the small end was magnetic to pick up the tack head and start it into the wood, then the hammer was flipped around to finish hammering the tack in with the bigger end.

 

Could use them for that but they, shaped like that, are mainly for planing wood down on all sides and edges. There are planes that have notches for running them down a corner.
The extra short one was probably used for slight 'outside' curves.

 

See plenty of the old wooden planes at the carboot here in UK. Some people are turning them into lamp bases.

 

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Oh yes!
Missed it!

 

A couple more. Everybody knows what these are right?