How Many?

[rhull]

How many handplanes do you own, and what kind are they?
How many handsaws do you own, and what kind are they?

Dangerous questions I know; we might expose "collectors".

[TDHofstetter]

Too many, and various.

[fredbelknap]

Hey I got the two Stanleys that I got off you and one off brand I picked up at a flea market.

[Beamer]

Stanley:
#80
#12
#4
#10
- some block plane i don't remember the number of

LN:
#62
Large Rabbet Plane

Not a big collection, for sure.... yet

[admin]

4.

Two Stanley Blocks, one with the fine turner and one that has to have the iron tapped down to place. (I prefer and more regularly use the one with the fine tuning.

1 Protian bench plane which is a cheap knockoff of most Stanley conventional bench planes.

1 Stanley SB4 bench plane which I use more like a scrub plane than a bench plane due to design flaws.

TJ.

[TDHofstetter]

Besides these in the ugly recycled box, I have a few on the bench.



Not gonna' show you the saws; they're not all gathered in one place, so it's complicated.

EDIT: Those in the box are two layers deep - front & rear.

[sawduster]

Well, let's see? How do I answer those questions without incriminating myself.

Well, I just went out to the shop and did a little count. Including a couple that I know I've got stashed, I've got 27 hand planes, not including the assorted molding planes, and I probably have about 20 of those.

What kind are they?
Several sizes of bench planes, including metal ones, transitionals, and woodies.

Specialty planes including a router plane, rabbet plane, T&G, Scraper, shoulder, plough, and a pair of DT planes.

A transitional with the sole, cutting iron, chip breaker and lever cap altered so as to make coves.

A multi-plane (#45).

And a low angle block.

Now the saws:

I counted 16 hand saws, but that doesn't include a box of several saws awaiting rehabilitation. Most of them are vintage, though I do have a few modern made (either one at a time or small production) saws as well as some I've made myself from blades of vintage saws that were not repairable.

I have full size and panel size hand saws filed for crosscutting, rip filed full size saws, back saws of several configurations and sizes, fret saw, jeweler's saw, a shop made pattern makers saw, (oops, make that 17) a shop made stair saw, a half back saw and a small pull saw.

I collect neither hand planes, nor saws. I will admit to a slight affinity toward an excess of lay out tools, though I find I use most every one of the lay out tools I've bought or made. ;D

[dcarter636]

Risking the collector label, I don't really know the total, it's more than fifty but less than one hundred, but entire herd cost me less than $1500 to acquire, which includes a few that fetched $60-$100 each.

Here's a recent photo of the block planes that are in working trim, a Stanley knuckle cap #18, a Millers Falls #33, and a Millers Falls skewed rabbet block plane are absent. There are another half dozen or so elsewhere that are not yet restored or are strictly parts donors. Oddly enough my favorite is the little 5" long Fulton pocket plane (fifth from right front) it has the same adjuster mechanism as the Stanley #18 and holds an edge better than most.

Partially cropped form view, upper left corner of this pic, is the wavy grained hard maple board that I use as a test piece for block and smoothing planes. It tears like a bugger at the grain reversals if an edge is less than fine or the plane less than rigid.



These are most of my ready to use handsaws including some Disston #7s, #8s, a #12, a #16, a couple D23s, and a pair of more modern Sandviks, along with a Keen Kutter #88. There's another half dozen awaiting refurb and another dozen or so working back saws, miter saws, and dovetail saws scattered about.



Bench planes are the real curse, IIRC there are three #3s, five #4s, three #4¹/₂s, five or six #5s, four #5 ¹/₂s, a K5¹/₂ (type 4 bedrock), a lone #6, four or five #7s, and a K#8 (type 4 bedrock).

I don't have any family pics or pics of any fully restored bench planes, but here is a fair representation of how they are found. The $5 Sargent #7 jointer on the left is fairly typical of how I find them for $2 to $10 at garage sales. The $7 Stanley #7 jointer on the right has been partially restored, at the important points only, and pressed into bench top flattening service.



Like Jerry and Rob we've acquired a few specialty planes like the versatile Stanley #45, one to use and LOML's ornate shelf sitter, a #48 T&G plane, a few rabbet planes, and a couple wood soled transitional planes.

Bench chisels are whole nuther vital topic.

[TDHofstetter]

I don't think I've ever seen so many block planes all together in one place, Dave!

[dcarter636]

Well you know Tim, anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

You also grok the man-tool relationship, you get an acceptable one then you stumble onto one with more promise, rinse and repeat ad nauseum.

[TDHofstetter]

I do, in fact. Or one with a peculiar feature or characteristic the others don't have... hey! A little HEADLIGHT in THIS one!... and it's bingo time all over again.

[sawduster]

Seeing that side rabbet in among the blocks, reminded me of my #79 side rabbet stashed in a drawer, so add one more to my count.

[Ruffnek]

Dec 3, 2009 20:20:54 GMT -6 rhull said:

How many handplanes do you own, and what kind are they?

Enough! ;D Stanley block, #4, #5, little radii plane and an "antique" metal rabbit plane that has no name or number.

How many handsaws do you own, and what kind are they?

Couple of Disston handsaws, I don't know what model or number, that little Disston backsaw I got from Jerry and assorted cheap Gents saws, flush-trim saws.

Dangerous questions I know; we might expose "collectors".

[maxwellsmart007]

I have one...and I got it for 20 dollars, new, from Canadian Tire...

WHich might be why I've hated planes ever since!

Andrew

[lexrex]

Hmmm, lesee...

Stanley:
#3
#4
#5
#8 (<- love this plane)

LN:
#103
#60 1/2

LV:
Low Angle Jack

I also have a dovetail and panel saw from TimHoff (woodnet)

[sawduster]

One of my "modern made" saws is a TimHof and another is a Nordic. ;D Got lucky with both and just happened to be visiting Woodnet when they got listed as they seldom lasted more than about 15 minutes after either of them listed a saw for sale.

My other modern saw is a Wenzloff and Sons halfback saw from a kit. Which reminds me, I've not seen Mike's stuff mentioned lately by Chris Schwarz on his blog, though he has made several posts involving modern saws by other makers.

[rhull]

Nobody's pointed out yet that I didn't answer my own question.

[lexrex]

Is there enough disk space on the board to hold your inventory?

[rhull]

I should hope so!

[dcarter636]

Well...?

We've shown our's now you have to show your's.