I also had a great day at West Dean, which was very well organised by Mike Hancock and his team from Classic Hand Tools. Here are a few of the snaps I took.
As well as showing the complete range of Lie Nielsen tools, Denib Pulchalski gave an excellent presentation on the use of scraper planes. In fact it was so good, Pete (Newt) bought one
Had a really nice chat with Karl Holtey
and Karl's charming wife
who were showing a range of Karl's fantastic planes
Michel Auriou from France was there with his fabulous rasps
This time I couldn't resist the temptation and bought one (don't tell the wife 8-[ )
Mike Hudson was there with the complete range of Clifton planes, spokeshaves and scrapers
I bought one of his lovely concave spokeshaves (don't tell the wife 8-[ )
And here's Mike together with John Lloyd having a well earned cuppa
Phil Edwards was there with his Phillyplanes. This was a particularly nice one
And here's Phil having a cuppa with Steve Hamlin
Bill Carter, who also makes some very nice planes, was there as well
Here are a couple more of them
And finally, here's Robert Ingham trying out the top-end dovetail saws. I must say, I was impressed with the new Rob Cosman saw
It was a really great day. It's on again tomorrow, so if you get the chance, go along. You won't be disappointed
Cheers :wink:
Paul