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Not a million miles away. Same question as Waka! kind regards Simon

Thanks for your replies, I sort of thought it was a bit of a steel (ahem). Matthew, PM sent. Alf, I have been struggling with the moral question of whether A) I should sell these on to someone who won't use them and betray my principles regarding the purpose of tools, or B) be thankful for my...

Thanks for the info BugBear. By coincidence (which is probably not a coincidence!) the badger and the hollowing plane, or scrub as it was referred to as, are now shortly to be re-homed and may now no longer be considered up for adoption, which is marvellous news. All the others are still...

During my fate-driven purchase of chisels from someone's garden shed, I declined the offer to make a bid on a collection of old wooden planes. I also refused the downwards spiralling price at every turn, knowing that for me, these would be reduntant spirits gathering dust in a dark corner with...

I have been in hunter gatherer mode lately, busy removing eronious and error strewn investments from the past and replacing them with good quality second hand jobs that need a little TLC to bring the best out of them. No, I am not talking divorce here, although my time spent perusing various For...

Stuartpaul, I would if I could find one! However, a plastic one will have to do for the time being, and I will be a tad more careful than one of the previous owners. Jim, thats really helpful, thank you very much for posting. As I'm due to strip the Kity down next week to check and clean...

Just to answer one or two things personally.. Blister, yes I had contacted the seller who seemed genuinely mortified and had obviously not used the saw much himself, let alone changed the angle of the blade. He was kind enough to offer to refund whatever a new handle cost :) Mick, I have...

Many thanks to everyone for their replies. I apologise for the numerical dyslexia displayed in my original post, no wonder I am always cutting things too short. I did of course mean 419 and my error was confined to this post and not my previous telephone and email enquiries. So what have I...

There are times when I despair of myself, particularly when I engage myself in the dark art of auction site negotiations. I recently hit the 250 mark of transactions on the aforementioned site and really should know better than to think I have found a genuine bargain. On this occasion, I "sort...