No secret that I really enjoy putting the yards in to find lost treasures and beautiful (not always) tools that may otherwise find their way to the scrapyard or the tip.
Am also very lucky to have my father-in-law Peter who shares the same Car Boot/Flea Market interests, has come to appreciate what I’m looking for and developed an eye for the unusual / collectable.
He’s also “tight as a Scammel Wheelnut” when it comes to bargaining and I sometimes wonder how many things may have “slipped the net” when sellers won’t tolerate his hard bargaining tactics!
However I count my blessings and am grateful for some wonderful spoils, the latest of which has to be these two beauties which I think are going to have to be “keepers”, at least for the time being!
I love this curved compass sole wooden tailed rebate plane with the handle grip rear end resembling an animal’s tail. No maker’s mark unfortunately but lovely condition when cleaned and sharpened nicely.
Then what about this fella! Unusual indeed and I’ve never seen one for sure. Made by William Edwards & Son under the Griffin brand at Griffin works in Wolverhampton.
I’ve furnished Peter with a “shopping list” of select bits I’m looking for but getting him to part with the money, whatever their value is not an easy fix! I am nevertheless, very lucky!