Shop Tools #9: Today's Finds - Oct 12 2007

Nice finds!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Nice finds. I need a better back saw. It appears that the blade on the shave with the up swept handles is curved. In the saddle shop we use heel shaves and spoke shaves to work on the leather ground work on saddles. I’ve seen some of the old timers take a Snell and Atherton heelshave and bend the handles up like that so they could scoop out the dish in the cantle. This may be some one’s answer to the problem of finding a heel shave. It looks like it would work. The ground work in a saddle is the layered leather that you sit on under the seat that you can see. How’s that for confusing?
Tom

-- Thos. Angle

Thanks. Yes the blade is curved. I think I would need to see a saddle to follow you.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

They look like violin makers shaves to me. I only saw some up close many years ago as one of my neighbours was a maker.
Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Bob, you could be more correct than I am.

-- Thos. Angle

Nice find.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

these guys are really cute. What would you use them for?

(tool selection: based on cuteness factor hahaha)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hi Wayne…..........that chisel has me a bit intrigued. I like the worn handle.

Thanks Karson.

Bob, I was thinking Luthier as well. These are a bit bigger than than the ones on the web site. They are 5 1/2 inches long. Kind of in between.

Debbie, not sure yet, but I’m sure a task will jump out at me where they will be perfect.

Neal, the handle looks hand carved on the chisel. It has a rustic feel to it. For $5 it had to come home with me.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Wayne:
I was at Lee Valley today and they have a bunch of these in various sizes in one of the display cabinets.
Take a peek on their website and they may have additional inof for you.

bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Wayne
Could the larger shave be a travisher, for dishing out seats?
Nice haul, by the way :)
Phil