Since I can’t work wood for a bit due to a minor operation, I thought I’d polish and wax the planes and hand saws. While they were out, I posed them for a team photo.
As I did, I realized how I’ve slowly replaced all of my older Stanleys with Veritas. The one remaining Stanley #4 has a crowned Hock iron and LN chipbreaker.

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27 comments so far
dennis mitchell
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posted 452 days ago
Impressive!
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CessnaPilotBarry
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posted 452 days ago
I had no idea that I had replaced all of older Stanleys except one!
The standard block plane, on the right of the group of three, is a $20 Craftsman that somehow keeps on hanging-in!
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Mark Shymanski
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posted 452 days ago
Go team! Hope the recovery goes well.
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Chardt
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posted 452 days ago
Nice collection!
-- When my wife ask's what I have to show for my wood working hobby, I just show her the splinters.
teenagewoodworker
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posted 452 days ago
now thats a nice collection! the team looks ready to go!
Kevin
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posted 452 days ago
Wow, that is an impressive site.
Wish I could coach a team like that.
-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas
Brad_Nailor
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posted 452 days ago
Where do you plug them things in? I don’t see no power cords…220, or 221..whatever it takes!
-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"
GaryK
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posted 452 days ago
Very nice collection!
When you’re up to it, you should try to make your own plane.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
Toolz
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posted 452 days ago
Very nice collection, I just bought my first hand plane (LN low angle block plane with adjustable mouth) Gawwwwd, I love it!
Larry
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jeanmarc
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posted 452 days ago
the planes are splendid very beautiful collections
-- jeanmarc manosque france
TedM
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posted 452 days ago
And a winning team i is!
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CessnaPilotBarry
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posted 452 days ago
A special shot for Brad, and if he stops by, Mott! <g>
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CessnaPilotBarry
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posted 452 days ago
If only the team did exactly what the coach asks…
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Brad_Nailor
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posted 451 days ago
ah, now thats a plane!
-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"
CessnaPilotBarry
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posted 451 days ago
I knew you’d like that!
I don’t discriminate. Tails, no tails, it’s all good!
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Dennis Zongker
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posted 449 days ago
Very nice collection! Did you change form riding a Lama to being a chipmunk. Very cool you always make me laugh. Thanks for posting
-- Dennis Zongker
rikkor
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posted 449 days ago
From a guy with “Beech Pilot” in his screen name, I was expecting somewhat different planes. Looks like a great team to me.
cabinetmaster
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posted 449 days ago
I wish I had a team like that…...........wow a very nice collection. Get well soon.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
CessnaPilotBarry
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posted 449 days ago
Gotta’ keep the picture fresh! I still have the guy riding the llama around here somewhere.
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trifern
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posted 448 days ago
That truly is a dream team indeed. I hope they all get a good workout soon. Thanks for sharing.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
Douglas Bordner
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posted 419 days ago
Bevel-up smoother, low angle jack, scraping planes and spokeshaves, Oh My! …drool
Serious plane envy.
Before marrying at 40, I was enamored of the shooting sports, specifically target pistols.
The wife hasn’t much use for sidearms, and I moved away from the beautiful outdoor range in Topeka.
Seeing that much polished steel and wood together brings to mind the idea that I really ought to sell some of the arsenal for some new Veritas iron. Probably could even keep those in the house!
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Rob Drown
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posted 392 days ago
ooooOOOOOHHHHho planes, I love planes.
Long thin whispy shavings. I’ve measured them down to .0007 ouuuuuUUU planes.
They are soo cool and quiet and easy to clean up after.
Nice set.
-- Sharp tools and thin whispy shavings make woodworking a joy.
SCOTSMAN
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posted 392 days ago
I have a friend who spent a lot of money on these type of planes just to look good in his workshop tool cabinet he did the same with a huge range of japanese chisels and never from what I can see uses them.It’s nice to see someone who knows and apreciates proper hand tools, and I admire the set of tools you have shown.I have a lot of these hand tools myself “not perhaps quite as expensive ones as yours” but use them relatively often myself .I recently bought a number of German wooden hand planes which I like very much thanks for showing Alistair
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 392 days ago
Something must be wrong, I don’t see any pictures.
I can see them now!
REAL NICE!!
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Max
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posted 392 days ago
I am with you Dick I don’t see any either….. Oops went back and looked after posting that and they appeared!!!!!!! Must be close to Halloween!!!!!!
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
CessnaPilotBarry
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posted 392 days ago
Thanks, guys!
The biggest time savers in my shop are my hand tools. I can take a surface from the mechanical apprentices, the power saws, jointer, planer, or 80 grit drum sanding, directly to finish ready in seconds with only a few passes.
Can’t beat ‘em for fitting doors or joinery, either. Outside of a production environmenr, it’s far more pleasurable, much more recoverable, and faster than futzing a machine into perfection.
At the end of every session, they get blown out with compressed air and wiped with air tool oil ‘til next time.
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Occie gilliam
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posted 134 days ago
I’ll take the old Stanly, i don’t have any. they are hard to come by down here
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