I told 'em Oldham St, Gleave coffin toother

Mr_P · 3 Aug 2014

A very unusual thing happened to me a few weeks ago, swagman posted pictures of wooden toothing plane he had made

coffin-toother-t82169.html

and I actually thought to myself I want one (unusual because wooden planes aren't my thing), so I've taken the plunge.

Ladies and gentleman my first expensive wooden plane, a local plane for local people.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351129429008? ... 1497.l2649

Always thought Gleave was just a dealer but visiting the current website they have a flyer stating "Plane Makers & Cutlers"

jimi43 · 3 Aug 2014

Gorgeous Mr P and a real bargain too!

This is a hugely slippery slope you're on ya know!! :wink:

cheers

Jimi

AndyT · 3 Aug 2014

Yeah, be careful Mr P. One of my first woodie restoration jobs was on a tired old plane from a junk stall at a camp site near Snowdon. I was so pleased when I cleaned it up - as encouraged by people on here - and was able to read the "Gleave" mark.

But they were at Oldham Street, Manchester - is that local enough?

swagman · 4 Aug 2014

Well done Mr P. You did very well with that purchase.

Stewie;

Mr_P · 4 Aug 2014

AndyT":2v2skfvo said:
But they were at Oldham Street, Manchester - is that local enough?

Think that's the nearest I'm going to get, we don't all live in Bristol with a whopping 15 makers according to PlumberPete.

I might be a lot nearer Sheffield but don't know of any Oldham makers and ebay only has half a dozen Manchester makers/dealers.

Athrington, Coates, Edwards, Gleave, Hathersich, Wilson but that's only a three month sample so bound to be a few more rarer examples.

The joys of living in poor mill town, then again thinking about all the thousands of Victorian terraces in the town there must have been plenty of tool traders supplying the building trade so maybe I will find a genuine Oldham plane one day.

Stewie & Jimi,

Thanks chaps, if you say it's gorgeous and a bargain I certainly won't argue with two of the most talented tool makers on here.