Recently we completed a workshop clearance near Leek, Staffordshire which included a large private collection of woodworking planes.
The collection uncovered during this clearance included over 350 planes, each with its own story to tell. From beautifully aged wooden body planes to rare infill planes.
The planes vary in origin, spanning several hundred years of design and purpose. Stanley, was clearly the weapon of choice for this collector with a large number of Stanley 45, 46, 50 and 55 Combination Planes forming a significant part of the collection. There are also many other makers marks including Record, Sargent and GTL.
Many of the planes are in good condition, showing only the expected wear from decades of honest work. There is also a significant amount of part-restored or completely unrestored projects, add into this a large quantity of spares and bits and we have a task ahead of us to finish assembling, cleaning and preparing the tools for their next owners.
Some of the tools arriving at our workshop:
This find is a significant boost in our inventory & we are happy in the knowledge that we have saved another collection of tools that will now be passed on to new owners who will covet and hopefully put the tools back to work as they were intended.
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1 comment
Good Evening.
My late father, started collecting vintage wooden tools late in his life, from steam rallies. He liked to clean them up and put them away in a draw. We have about 10 draws full.
Mum is looking for some money, but more important is that they go to a collector.
We are in Windsor, a good run, but if you were visiting Brooklands Museum, or the little known History on Wheels Museum in Eton, you could collect the items at the end.
We have many old items in our big shed, saws and collectible items. A collection of Beer Mats and Beer bottles. Fuel cans, Oil Bottles etc.
Jeff Bower
A car with the seats down would be enough to carry everything.