| Blog series by Moai | updated 234 days ago | 2 parts | 817 reads | 20 comments total |
Part 1: Be careful when buying Handplanes at Ebay
I have been using Ebay for 6 years now, ,I first used that web site one day I was looking for a couple of bench handplanes and since that that’s the place where I get most of my hand tools. I think it’s an interesting site when looking for good hand tools and handplanes, many of them rare, scarce and collectibles. To weeks ago I came across this Record 311 Combination Bullnose and Shoulder Plane that got my attention, I have been considering this particular plane for years...
Part 2: M a n i f e s t o
I prefer to use the term “Taking care” instead “Restoring” when dealing with old tools. I don’t know, but I don’t agree with the last concept, at least at the way I understand it. Seems to me Restoration pretends to bring back old things to the same condition when they just were leaving the factory or when the building was just being completed by its builders. If there is something I deeply appreciate on old things (Old tools in my case), it’s the imprint o...
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