Rabone Chesterman Engineers Spirit Level on hardwood base [Vintage]
12 “ long by 1 ½” wide by 2 ½”high (without the wooden base) this all metal engineers’ level is an impressive ornament for your desk if nothing else.
Its main horizontal vial has a brass cover that rotates to protect the bubble which is in perfect working order. The brass cover elevates this level somewhat in terms of its attractiveness.
The small lateral...
Stanley No.10 Rebate Plane [Pre-owned]
Popular with timber framers and the like. This plane is ready to work.
Stanley England. Original iron.
Very good condition with slight chip at corner of the mouth 1/16” (1.5mm).
Priced to sell quickly!
Edward Preston Bullnose Plane [Pre-owned]
This has the detachable front piece which means you can covert this to a chisel plane if required.
Original good iron with plenty of life left (5/8”)
Good square mouth.
Record Bullnose No.077A [Pre-owned]
In excellent condition G++ - Fine
Full iron.
Super clean.
Record No10H & No10R Special Bases with cutters for Record No.405 [Pre-owned]
Special bases were available for the Record No. 405 Multi-Plane: A Hollow and its cutter would form a round, and a Round and its cutter would form a hollow.
Hollows and Rounds were sold in sets, comprising 1 Hollow, 1 Round and 2 cutters.
No. 6 Hollow and Round – 1/2 inch cutter width – works circles of 3/4 inch
No. 8 Hollow and Round – 5/8 inch cutter width – works...
Edward Preston Large Shoulder Plane [Pre-owned]
In super working order, this heavy-duty shoulder plane has good life left in the iron.
1 ¼” wide and 8 1/4” long.
Good mouth.
You can read all about Preston Shoulder planes at Preston Tool Reviews website
An excellent alternative to the current new offerings by Lie Nielsen, Veritas & Clifton.
A good percentage of the original nickel plating has worn due to use.
Stanley Bedrock No.7 Jointer Plane [Vintage]
22” square sided Stanley Bedrock Jointer plane for finishing large surfaces and for trueing up the edges of boards so that they can be closely fitted or joined together.
Markings as follows
Bedrock is cast into the plane body ahead of the front knob.
Bedrock is cast into the cap iron.
No 607 (at rear of plane) and just behind the frog themselves is in the casting
PATD
APR 2...
Record 042 Shoulder plane [Pre-owned]
An excellent example of this ¾” (20mm) wide shoulder plane by Record.
Full Record iron. Superficial cosmetic tarnishing otherwise in G++ condition. Square mouth.
8” long (210mm)
Excellent!
A Stanley Bailey (USA) No. 8 Jointer Plane [Pre-owned]
24” long with 2 5/8” wide original (thin) cutter with 1 1/2” life left before you need to invest in a replacement blade (we sell these!)
A very good example of this jointer plane with original rosewood handle and front knob in very good condition.
Production of this plane stopped in 1958 and we think this is a type 14 which dates it to 1939-1940. At over 85 years old, this super...
A 2” wide firmer chisel by Mathieson – Glasgow [Vintage]
Warranted cast steel. Steel hooped oak handled firmer chisel by famous Scottish maker Mathieson
(note – take care with the hoop and it has an edge caused by being struck repeatedly which requires a bit of rounding off, a 3 minute job)
12 ½” overall.
Blade life is 4”
Clifton Anniversary Plane Set – 7 Planes [Rare]
A wonderful set of 7 Limited Edition Clifton Anniversary Planes 2010 – for users & collectors.
This is one of just twelve full sets known to have been sold from this well respected Sheffield plane maker.
(Note - Classic Hand Tools sold the vast majority of the planes when they were launched as a limited edition, so we are very confident of our numbers).
You are buying a small slice...
Norris No.13 Smoothing Plane [Vintage]
Steel soled Norris smoothing plane with pinned parallel patent metal sides and attractive rosewood infill.
Alex Mathieson & Son iron ( 1 ½” remaining at least) and matching cap iron.
The lever cap is stamped Norris London.
This was once owned by an A Kirkland, whose name is on the rosewood, AK initials on the plane bed and quite discreetly dotted on one of the steel sides.
The...
J Rabone & Sons Steel and Brass 12” decorative Machinists Spirit Level [Vintage]
An attractive steel and brass level with 3 good clear working vials. The japanning (the black paint) is in excellent order – a nice decorative and functional tool..
Record No.020 Compass Plane [Pre-owned]
This plane probably dates from about the 1980’s and is in very good condition.
There is relatively little wear to the sole and all the things to check for in these planes have all passed (the sole moves freely, no cracks in the casting, all original parts, mouth rivets are not proud of the sole, the lateral blade adjuster works properly, full convex and concave range etc etc).
This is very...
6 Pattermakers gouges [Vintage]
These are well looked after patternmakers cranked paring gouges. Different makers and non-matching handles.
These came from a pattern maker in the West Midlands area of England. A pattern maker is often referred to as the “king of trades” and whenever we get hold of pattern makers hand tools they are generally in very good condition, as is the case here.
12” “ to 16“...
A Family of J Rabone & Sons Engineers Spirit Levels [Vintage]
Baby level is 6” long by 1” wide by 1 1/4” high
Mummy level is 7 ¾” long by 1 1/4” wide by 1 1/2””high
Daddy level is 12 “ long by 1 ½” wide by 2 ½”high.
Each have a protective rotating cover for the main horizontal vial.
The small lateral horizontal vial and the short vertical vial bubbles are all working...
Auriou Rasp-stitchers Hammer [Rare, Vintage]
This is from the Auriou Toolworks forge in France.
The handle is boxwood and has the distinct wear marks where the “stitcher” held the handle with his fingers for many years.
A “stitcher” is the person who applies the teeth to the face of the rasp which would be held in a lead bedded anvil (to avoid “bounce”).
The teeth are applied in diagonal rows and this...
36” Straight Rule [Rare, Vintage]
Made from beech with brass edges and ends, this is a lovely rule with clear markings on the upper face which has one bevelled edge.
36” long, ½” thick and 2 ¼” deep.
So this is a heavy rule which was desirable so it didn't slide about.
The person who owned it told Classic Hand Tools that is was used in aTailors shop.
This is perfectly believable but it...
Mortise & Tenon Magazine – Individual Editions, 1, 2 & 3 [Clearance]
These magazines were combined into a compound hardback book Mortise & Tenon Issued 1-3 about 3 years ago.
These are individual copies in excellent (unread) condition.
Issue 1 Mortise & Tenon Magazine 2016
Issue 2 Mortise & Tenon Magazine 2016
Issue 3 Mortise & Tenon Magazine 2017
Bessey KR60-2K Clamps x 4 Pack [Clearance, UK mainland only]
UK mainland shipping only and excluding post codes AB31-56, BT 1-94, FK17-19, HS1-9, IM 1-99, IV1-63, KA, Kw1-9, PA 20-88, PH 15 - 50, PO 31-41, TR 21-25 & ZE1-3
and Guernsey & Jersey
Scooped Adze by Muller – Austria [Clearance]
New but the edge needs to be re-sharpened.
Great for hollowing and shaping. 450mm overall length with straight ash handle.
70mm wide cutting edge which is almost a semi circle.
Normally retails for £103
Henry Taylor Sheffield Fishtail Carving Gouges – Series 11 – 5 widths [New, Clearance]
Clearance stock, From the "Professional" range of Henry Taylor carving tools. These fishtail gouges have a 4¾" (120mm) blade with a ground inner surface and a charcoal black non-reflective finish on the outer surface. Fitted with an octagonal beech handle and brass ferrules.
Professional grade Sheffield made fishtail gouges series 11 – which is a tight curve.
These...
Norris No.20E Shoulder Plane [Rare, Vintage]
This plane has been professionally restored although you wouldn't know this unless we told you as the restoration is perfectly done.
The steel soled mouth is tight and true.
Gunmetal body with lovely ebony infil and wedge.
A very nice shoulder plane which bears the dings and marks of use. There is little left of the original Norris blade (clearly stamped with Norris London) hence the...
Tissington Smoothing Plane [Vintage, Rare]
Please note: you may only have a maximum of 30 minutes to complete checkout with this Friday Finds item once you have placed it in your basket. Thank you.
Stonemasons Firesharp Chisels – 10 widths [Clearance]
10 double-hooped strong-as-an-ox stone masonry chisels made in France by Forge de Saint Juery home of Auriou Tool Works.
Widths: 10, 15, 25, 30, 35 ,40, 45, 50, 55 & 60mm.
270mm overall length.
New old stock.
These wooden handled chisels are ideal for softer stone including alabaster, limestone and soapstone.
When they are gone, they are gone!
3 sets available – you...
Stone Masons Firesharp Toothed Chisels – 11 widths [Clearance]
11 Toothed Chisels:
10mm wide 3 pointed teeth
15mm wide 4 pointed teeth
20mm wide 5 pointed teeth
25mm wide 6 pointed teeth
30mm wide 7 pointed teeth
35mm wide 8 pointed teeth
40mm wide 9 pointed teeth
45mm wide 10 pointed teeth
50mm wide - 11 pointed teeth
55mm wide - 11 pointed teeth
60mm wide - 13 pointed teeth
270mm overall length.
New old stock.
Be advised...
Brusso Stainless Steel Hinges – CB302S [Clearance]
Brusso Hardware (USA) discontinued a lot of their range over the last few years.
Most of their range of stainless hinges left their portfolio but we now have just 2 pairs left (from 5 pairs) in stock.
These are new.
The Brusso CB-302 full mortice butt hinge, measures 1¼" x 13/16".
Length: 1.250" - 1¼" - 32mm
Width: 0.802" - 13/16" - 21mm
Leaf...
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