All About Pocket Knives

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2024 3:56 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 7:56 pm Anybody else like spoke shaves? They’re one of my absolute favorite tools to use. I’m about to make a couple three legged stools for Christmas gifts and I’ll be using these to make the round legs out of square lumber.

Here are my metal ones.

- the two black ones in the left are Stanley USA 151 flat bottom shaves.

- the black one in the middle is a Stanley 64 with an adjustable mouth from the 1870’s. Still works good as new with the original blade.

- the other two are Record (England). Record copied a lot of Stanley tools. Often making slight improvements along the way to the original Stanley design.

The red one is malleable iron flat bottom and the blue one is a round bottom for those tight curves.

IMG_8507.jpeg

What is your handsaw shown in the photo hanging on the right side?

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2024 3:58 pm

Unk wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 9:33 pm

Very cool! I had to do a double take there for a second. Your background/layout and mine looked a lot alike!

Unk wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2024 3:21 am

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2024 3:58 pm

Unk wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 9:33 pm

Very cool! I had to do a double take there for a second. Your background/layout and mine looked a lot alike!

...you know what they say about great minds.....

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:38 pm

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2024 3:56 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 7:56 pm Anybody else like spoke shaves? They’re one of my absolute favorite tools to use. I’m about to make a couple three legged stools for Christmas gifts and I’ll be using these to make the round legs out of square lumber.

Here are my metal ones.

- the two black ones in the left are Stanley USA 151 flat bottom shaves.

- the black one in the middle is a Stanley 64 with an adjustable mouth from the 1870’s. Still works good as new with the original blade.

- the other two are Record (England). Record copied a lot of Stanley tools. Often making slight improvements along the way to the original Stanley design.

The red one is malleable iron flat bottom and the blue one is a round bottom for those tight curves.

IMG_8507.jpeg

What is your handsaw shown in the photo hanging on the right side?

IMG_8758.jpeg

There are the saws I have sharpened and am using at the moment. I have a whole pile that need sharpening and putting to use.

From left to right:

1) Rip saw 8 tpi, I have no idea the brand, it came as one of two in an old carpenters tool box I got at a sale. The etch is gone and there’s no medallion. It has a thin plate that really sings.

2) Disston rip saw 7 tpi. I’m not sure of the model as the etch is mostly gone, but I suspect D7. Dad gave it to me years ago, he probably got it cheap somewhere because it had a big hunk out of the top of the toe and is missing half of a a saw nut that I need to replace. When I got into hand tools I dug it out, cleaned it up, and cut the broken part off the blade. It makes for a very handy size in the shop. I used it to cut the cheeks off the tenons for my workbench.

3) Disston cross cut 7 tpi. This is the other one that came in the old carpenters tool box It has a laminated handle, and I think it’s a WWII era saw. Those big cross cut teeth really break down rough lumber fast. I used it to cut down the 12” wide, 3” thick tops for my work bench.

4) Simond’s crosscut the tpi escapes me at the moment. Good cutting saw.

5) Newer Disston D 23 crosscut, 10 tpi. Really good for the finer cuts, even if the handle isn’t as comfortable as the older ones.

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2024 1:01 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:38 pm

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2024 3:56 pm
What is your handsaw shown in the photo hanging on the right side?

IMG_8758.jpeg

There are the saws I have sharpened and am using at the moment. I have a whole pile that need sharpening and putting to use.

From left to right:

1) Rip saw 8 tpi, I have no idea the brand, it came as one of two in an old carpenters tool box I got at a sale. The etch is gone and there’s no medallion. It has a thin plate that really sings.

2) Disston rip saw 7 tpi. I’m not sure of the model as the etch is mostly gone, but I suspect D7. Dad gave it to me years ago, he probably got it cheap somewhere because it had a big hunk out of the top of the toe and is missing half of a a saw nut that I need to replace. When I got into hand tools I dug it out, cleaned it up, and cut the broken part off the blade. It makes for a very handy size in the shop. I used it to cut the cheeks off the tenons for my workbench.

3) Disston cross cut 7 tpi. This is the other one that came in the old carpenters tool box It has a laminated handle, and I think it’s a WWII era saw. Those big cross cut teeth really break down rough lumber fast. I used it to cut down the 12” wide, 3” thick tops for my work bench.

4) Simond’s crosscut the tpi escapes me at the moment. Good cutting saw.

5) Newer Disston D 23 crosscut, 10 tpi. Really good for the finer cuts, even if the handle isn’t as comfortable as the older ones.

Some nice old tools, you should get into carving swans. lol

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 5:56 pm My favorites for cutting rabbets are the Stanley 78 at rear with fence and depth stop, and the Stanley 92 shoulder plane for cleaning up the corners of rabbets and dadoes.

FRJ wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2024 10:28 pm Nice one, Mike.
That's gotta be a 15 dollar hammer.

FRJ wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2024 10:28 pm Nice one, Mike.
That's gotta be a 15 dollar hammer.

Reverand wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:46 am Unk, work like that can be so satisfying. Sure perhaps you could buy an import hammer for less (maybe?), but you get no joy from that "disposable" mentality of throwing away anything worn and replacing it with an import.
Great job!

Knife Nut wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2024 8:14 pm I think you did a heck of a good job taking a peace of crap a turning it into a useful tool. I like it

Paul

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GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:38 am This was the "Before" picture of that wrench.....

doglegg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:39 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:38 am This was the "Before" picture of that wrench.....