A bit of Scotland turned up here in Colorado - a wood-bodied "coffin smoother" made by A. Mathieson & Sons in Glasgow sometime between 1890-1900 (best guess), not far from where my mom grew up. In fantastic condition, can't wait to put it back to work after a quick sharpening of the iron.

Best guess on dating based on http://www.hansbrunnertools.com/Mathieson2ndedition.pdf
(not too worried about it if I'm wrong about the dating, don't see this as a collectible as much as it's a cool piece of history that I can actually use for it's original intended purpose)

#woodworking #VintageTools #handtools #handplane

That's a trip, I looked up at a shot from the Seinfeld episode The Soul Mate and thought "wait that can't be what it looked like can it?"

*rewind*

There's a wooden body plane hanging on the wall in this one guys apartment.
#handplane #seinfeld #background

Preparing stock for a few dulcimer pegheads.
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#walnut #handtools #handplane #ilovemyjob

I have to be careful, but after 3 months of physical therapy, I can now have the occasional short session of preparing rough stock at the bench. For a while, I wasn't sure it would be possible again. I'm very happy about this, but now I best take it easy for a bit.
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#handplane #mahogany #handtools #physicaltherapy

I didn't take before photos but trust me, this #handplane iron was all out of whack, like it had lost several fights at different angles with a belt sander. I used the hand crank grinding wheel I recently purchased secondhand to redo the bevel and it worked really well to get it roughly square again! Finished on diamond stones and the plane is planing again.

Some more relevant tags:
#sharpening #handtools #handtoolwoodworking