Worth sharing I thought ... from Patrick Leach tool seller ... (http://ift.tt/1LZEPEc)
" Under the crushing weight of the nicest set of bench planes to exist, the tool model struggled bravely to
crack a smile while they rested on his lap; featured in
The Art of Fine Tools, this wonderful set of planes has
been in my collection for decades, it's come down to
choosing between an Auburn 852 or these and the Auburn
wins; found in central Massachusetts by a collector with
a keen eye, and good luck, I also once owned his Hosea
Edson cornice plane (Edson was a Shaker, who signed his
planes); housed within a custom birdseye and walnut
chest, each plane has its own compartment to hold it in
place; not an ordinary, normally burned, set of bench
planes, these are top of the line models with bolted
totes and strike buttons on the wedges and near the
toe, several New England planemakers listed premium
bench planes like these, but few are ever found, and
certainly not in this quantity and condition; I have
seen a similar one in the wild made by Ezekiel Smith of
Worcester, which is about 10 miles from where the planes
were found; only the smoother and jack show any use, the
jack being the most, oddly enough, the tote has a repair;
all are in as nice a condition as one could hope to find
and are so remarkable in condition that it may be the
case that the set was made for a trade show and only
later did someone decide to use a couple; when found,
the smoother was missing its wedge, I had Jim Leamy make
a new one years after I acquired the pile; an outstanding
kit of planes for a serious collection, it kinda sorta
pains me to see them go, but I've been infected with the
antique car bug manifesting itself as my seventh (or is
it my eight?) midlife crisis, it's time to find a more
appreciative home for these; pricey, yes, but I could
hand you a $100,000 dollar bill and challenge you to find
another, and you wouldn't be able to; a toolmaker's work
of art:"
" Under the crushing weight of the nicest set of bench planes to exist, the tool model struggled bravely to
crack a smile while they rested on his lap; featured in
The Art of Fine Tools, this wonderful set of planes has
been in my collection for decades, it's come down to
choosing between an Auburn 852 or these and the Auburn
wins; found in central Massachusetts by a collector with
a keen eye, and good luck, I also once owned his Hosea
Edson cornice plane (Edson was a Shaker, who signed his
planes); housed within a custom birdseye and walnut
chest, each plane has its own compartment to hold it in
place; not an ordinary, normally burned, set of bench
planes, these are top of the line models with bolted
totes and strike buttons on the wedges and near the
toe, several New England planemakers listed premium
bench planes like these, but few are ever found, and
certainly not in this quantity and condition; I have
seen a similar one in the wild made by Ezekiel Smith of
Worcester, which is about 10 miles from where the planes
were found; only the smoother and jack show any use, the
jack being the most, oddly enough, the tote has a repair;
all are in as nice a condition as one could hope to find
and are so remarkable in condition that it may be the
case that the set was made for a trade show and only
later did someone decide to use a couple; when found,
the smoother was missing its wedge, I had Jim Leamy make
a new one years after I acquired the pile; an outstanding
kit of planes for a serious collection, it kinda sorta
pains me to see them go, but I've been infected with the
antique car bug manifesting itself as my seventh (or is
it my eight?) midlife crisis, it's time to find a more
appreciative home for these; pricey, yes, but I could
hand you a $100,000 dollar bill and challenge you to find
another, and you wouldn't be able to; a toolmaker's work
of art:"
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