Collectibles
Tool Catalog from 1897
If you like tool catalogs (and you must or you wouldn't be here), or if you're curious about the tools and techniques used to build old houses, check out Old Woodworking Tools. The entire 1897 Charles Strelinger & Company Catalog has been reproduced, complete with original illustrations and prices (the original prices, not today's).
Find out about bung borers, gimlet bits, Reid's lightning braces, saw swages, and hundreds of other old tools.
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Collectible Hand Planes
I remember being a kid and playing with a few hand planes that my dad had in his shop downstairs. It was fun to see a block of wood produce those neat thin strips. I also remember thinking that the plane themselves looked pretty cool.
What I didn't know at the time was that they were collectible.
For more on hand planes and other collectible tools, here are a few starting points:
Introduction to Hand Planes (Popular Woodworking)
Fine Tool Journal
Union Hill Antique Tools
Midwestern Tool Collectors Association
(via Charles and Hudson)
