Hand tools

Beautiful stuff! Thanks for sharing this stuff. How about some construction details?

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

Very nice. What did you use for the blade in the plane?

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

Very nice. I see you’re a fan of purple heart.

Reallly nice. Purple heart is really pretty but oh so hard. They should last forever and look good doing it.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

All the blades are out of small bench planes or are some that I ground down out of old irons

-- Davesfunwoodworking

That’s a great set! Did you have plans for these tools or use models of tools that you already had?

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Yes, for some of them. Wood magazine had a tool evrey 2 months for awhile The hand plane and the square are my own. Thanks for asking.

-- Davesfunwoodworking

Great looking tools. Nice job.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Nice workmanship, nothing beats a great tool especially when you make them yourself!

-- --Chuck

I think the purple heart is the perfect wood for this kind of tool. Beautiful work.

-- Michael A. Brailsford

Nicely done. I like that big white oak stripe in the hammer… very creative.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)