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The odd markings appear to be for use when making or reading scale models/drawings scaled at 1/4" to the foot, or 1" to the foot, with the fine divisions at the end of the scale allowing you to read...

Seems a bit rich.
I'd be happy to sell my larger set of 11 working Bergs, 1/8" to 2", for less than that (they are used tho )...

Might be German. Wolfgang Jordan's "holzwerken" website shows one like yours which has an unidentified "H&K" marked on the head. Also, one of his pictures shows a similar drill from an un-named...

The two speed breast drill looks to be a common style...
But your "number one" drill is something I haven't seen before, quite likely rare and sought after,
somewhat resembles something in A A...

Ohio planes came with a thicker tapered blade, also National planes, so the Buhl blade isn't an oddity. I have/had both Ohio and National metal planes that worked well with this style blade, and I...

Stop panicking, corrugated planes have much deeper "pitting"

What's Fardon's address stamped on the saw? (looks like ?? Queens? Road)

Kimberley pattern flooring cramps.
Shown in this picture from 1930s S Tyzack & Son catalog
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Found an1899 British patent 25716, issued to Kimberley & Sons Tool Manufacturing Co., D., and...

Interesting machine Vann.
Nice to see someone else working to a relaxed old tool schedule.
[When I was asked what I was going to do when I retired (15 + years ago) I said I was going to work on my...

Richard Routledge took over the plane making business of Henry Thomas around 1870, which is why your plane stamp reads "Routledge, late Thomas"

From Wolfgang Jordan's web site

The stubby horns and non-brass screws indicate to me likely 1930s/40s
The Warranted Superior medallion is not necessarily an indicator of lesser quality, as any hardware store or retailer could...

Set the cap iron appropriate for the shaving thickness you're aiming for as this mostly controls tearout effects.
Try it, it should be good.
(move the frog forward if the aesthetics of an open...

Ah yes, that's probably a better comparison. The cost conversion I found seems to be based on general inflation, and as an overall consumer price index it doesn't take into account the specific and...

Just found a J A Brandon miter box and 28" Richardson saw, pretty much identical details as described/pictured above, although my saw seems to have been sharpened down a little more. Thanks to Matt's...

Some really nice tools, some of which likely came to NZ with Mr Wade in 1863, but some are obviously later additions (e.g. Ultimatum braces). I wonder if some/any tools were added even after Wade's...

Esslinger & Abt, German manufacturers, 1952 advert shows your logo (see Wolfgang Jordan's website for more data on the company, started 1845, becoming Esslinger & Abt in 1875 )
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move the cap iron back a bit farther away from the blade edge (or take a thinner shaving)

My guess as to why the backsaw is designed with the blade inserted part way into the back (and not buried to the max) is so that the blade can "float" its position a little to relieve any blade...

Do not force the brass back so far down the blade that it covers a screw hole. That is not how it was designed and made. You can see from the as-found condition of your saw that the brass back has...

Gaza, My small threader is 7/16", (suitable for a 3/8" threaded rod, with clearance). Your metal hub handle sounds as if it will work if the handles are a suitable length for you.
Below is a...

yes, turned wooden T handles are traditional. Here's some of mine (one tap has a nut screwed onto the tang, but the others seem to be just jammed into the wooden handle).
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Kenny, the centre bits with the round waist seem to be a manufactured detail, perhaps this idea was to give a better fit to some design of shell chuck on a modern iron brace. I have several (these 5...

Probably Traut's patent for the adjustable bubble, Nov 3 1908 patent 902,778. Stanley would have continued using the patent date on levels for many years after the patent was issued, and the...

Mathieson made quality tools, but in my area if its just a regular jack plane its not worth more than the $5-$15 that all the other old woodie jack planes fetch, unless it has some extra special...

Design embellishments on old saw handles are a delight. I only have 2 or 3 backsaws with your arrised lamb's tongue, and find arrised edges are more common on larger handsaw handles [but usually only...

I have a plane with a similar blade adjustment. I don't know the name of the planemaker, but the blade is French, a Goldenberg "eye" (so, made near the France/Germany border)
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Looks good Blackout. I also find it hard to resist picking up bargain priced shabby old tools with shapely handles or brass accents, especially squares with their varied brass trimmings that shine up...

usually called a Coachmaker's router (or carriage maker's router), which could follow the curved edge of carriage pieces, but I'm not sure exactly how they utilized it, maybe for inlay, or for a...

They don't fetch more than a Stanley 220 here in Canada, usually less. (not that Canadian prices have any relevance to your original question)
They're not particularly common here, about the same...

NICHO,
Scanned catalogue picture and enlargement, a bit fuzzy, but see description in previous post.
If your sovereign head is a bearded king like this one, it looks like King Eddie 7th, or maybe...

My 1915 S&J catalogue reprrint shows the "sovereign" handsaw model.
If I use my magnifying glass I can read the etch as;
"John Cockerill" in an arc,
over "The Sovereign Saw",
over the head in a...