Christmas today again

[formariz 11,849]

As I mentioned and wrote about a few times I am honored to have “inherited “ most of the tools of my friend Ed’s father an accomplished shipwrights. It however never seems to end. He wanted to meet for lunch today and after lunch he simply said” open the trunk”. I just did not even know what to say. This is what he loaded into my car. Some quite  rare stuff too. Just between 4 of these items there is over $1000.00 of value. They are however priceless to me and will join the countless others already here.

 

 

[WHX?? 46,786]

The big question still remains Cas ... what are you going to do with all this stuff when your time comes? 

I guess I am going through a phase where if my kids or kin have no interest let's get rid of it.

Hopefully your offspring have more interest in it than mine. 

[formariz 11,849]

Just now, WHX?? said:

The big question still remains Cas ... what are you going to do with all this stuff when your time comes? 

I guess I am going through a phase where if my kids or kin have no interest let's get rid of it.

Hopefully your offspring have more interest in it than mine. 

Even in that aspect I have been lucky. Not only my children cherish what I do and have, one although not in this profession, is a great talented woodworker in his own right, but importantly two of the grandchildren are also already greatly into it. One never knows what they will be like in the future, but it looks promising. I do realize that it will be a daunting undertaking to keep all I have and particularly keep it all together. The keeping it together is however very important. Like with a book there is a lot to learn from it and a great story to be enjoyed and admired. However, like with a book , if the pages are ripped from it and separated, the story and the information are lost. 

[Handy Don 10,603]

When my Dad had to downsize his shop, it took some time for me to get him to accept that his tools and supplies would not go to one person or place. His descendants were in too many different stages of their lives and I knew his deep belief in fairness would be rubbed raw by having a lot of the items go to only one or a couple recipients.

In the end, his children and grandchildren took turns (a lottery determined the order) choosing one item at a time from a detailed inventory that I had prepared. There was no attempt at “valuation”. The beat up hammer that one grandson used to build a toy boat was as valuable to him as the table saw was to someone else. In fact, the first rounds were mostly hand tools that each person had learned to use while doing a project with my father--and they were happy to share why they wanted it. It was an emotion-filled afternoon.

When he saw how much the individual tool's sentimental value was to each of the choosers, he finally accepted that the process was a success because of his investment in the people, not the tools.

Edited May 11, 2023 by Handy Don

[8ntruck 6,376]

The uppermost plane(?) in the first picture.  That some sort of radius plane?

[formariz 11,849]

Correct. Compass planes .Adjustable convex or concave. Actually two of them a Stanley and an older rare Sargent (bottom)I did already own the Stanley equivalent of the Sargent. .

Edited May 11, 2023 by formariz

[Pullstart 59,729]

Thank you for teaching the younger generations Cas!  Thank you for cherishing the older generations and their ways as well!

[squonk 38,935]

You need to open a Museum! 

[953 nut 51,717]

Your friend put these tools in the right hands for sure.

I am queous about the plane I have circled, it appears to be a heavy duty card scraper of some sort.

[OutdoorEnvy 1,429]

Very nice of him and good for both of you.  At some point the value of knowing they will continue to be used and carry on the skillset needed to use them is more valuable than money.  It's refreshing when people realize that. 

[formariz 11,849]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

Your friend put these tools in the right hands for sure.

I am queous about the plane I have circled, it appears to be a heavy duty card scraper of some sort.

It’s a veneer scraper. What makes this one a rare one is the rosewood handle. Over the years in its production the handles changed somewhat. This handle is just about unique in its decoration with the end “ knobs”. In my lifetime I have only seen another one like it . Extremely looked for.  Typically they are like the one on the bottom which I use. Although a slightly different model the handles were all similar. 

Note the different handle. 

[Ed Kennell 35,778]

12 hours ago, WHX?? said:

 

I guess I am going through a phase where if my kids or kin have no interest let's get rid of it.

Same here Jim.    I have spent most of 2023 liquidating collections including my 98 yo MILs  home and collection of furniture and Persian antiques.  I should be finished by July4.

This daunting task has prompted this 79yo hoarder to begin finding new homes for his junque.

[formariz 11,849]

In his later years Ed’s father got into clockmaking. I have to get some photos. They are now owned by his daughters and son. They are absolutely exquisite all handmade with carved wood parts. I had already for quite a few years a printers cabinet that he used to store tiny brass parts for them amongst other items. In this batch I got his carving tools and these tiny wood planes that he made in order to make the wood parts such as the columns that some have. Interestingly enough they are exact reproductions of full size planes I have from him. They are fully functional and beautifully made . Some irons were made from old files as one can see. These tiny planes are pleasure to hold. All six of them fit in my hand.