FS 1st of the new year planes and 30% off the rest of my planes.

[Steve Knight]

30%0 Off planes of all sorts.

The plow plane is almost finished. A few more refinements to work out. You can see the pics here

have several first of the New Year planes. now I have two pocket planes that is a 1.5" iron they are about 5" long less then 2" wide and 2" tall with nice short irons so you can use them one handed One in ebony and one in zircote both woods are getting hard to find. I have two small finish planes like this one are 7.5" long a bit less then 3" wide and 2" high with short irons. I have one like the pic above and a bubinga one. All of these are dated numbered and signed. I have enough ebony to make two of the finish planes if interested. Email me if your interested in these one of a kind planes.

New marking knives and hammers are now available.

made by CHESTER TOOLWORKS LLC and they are made from precision ground 3/32" thick O1 tool steel and are 5/16" wide. Snakewood, East Indian Rosewood, Brazilian Tulipwood, or Gabon Ebony. 44.00 for the snakewood and shipping 39.00 and shipping for the other woods. New plane adjusting hammer CTW hammers are designed specifically for adjusting the blades and wedges of wooden hand planes and infill hand planes. The polished brass and Lignum Vitae head is weighted toward the brass striking end and is designed so that it won't mar or mushroom the blade like steel hammers. The Lignum end is of a smaller diameter and is used to tap the toe or heel of the plane without leaving dent marks. It should also be the end used for tapping wedges tight since it won't damage the heel of the wedge. Handles are individually shaped from Quartersawn White Ash with the grain oriented to prevent the runout which weakens many other hammer handles.

45.00 plus shipping. New plane idea's

I also have new tools almost ready for beta testing email me if interested. A plow plane a side rabbet plane based on a nice old design and a set of T&G planes.

Knight Toolworks in conjunction with Harrolson at

have had these custom made Japanese irons made for western planes. These are the first and only hand forged/laminated Japanese irons that will fit a regular wedged plane. They are 2" wide and 5.25" long and are a bit over ¼" thick. They will drop into any knight Toolworks plane that uses a 2" iron with just a little mouth and wedge adjustment. They are made from blue steel (holds and edge longer then pretty much any tool steel on the market) and wrought iron. I believe these to be the best irons out there over O-1 and A-2 irons. They will hold an edge longer then A-2 they will get sharper they will leave a deeper/cleaner surface and they make the plane easier to use. They will really help with tearout too. They are hand stamped with Shizu Tani (tranquil valley) Shipping is 5.00 including insurance.

All planes now have finger grips and brass set screws to adjust the fit of the iron. Rock maple Purpleheart Cocobolo at an extra cost is also available. Padouk Please check my page for all my planes

I also have razee jointers and jack planes and scrubs.

I have great looking/feeling coffin smoothers All planes now have setscrews to center the irons in the body and make adjusting the iron easy.

All planes are sanded/planed and finished with a special oil and wax finish.

[Patriarch]

Steve Knight wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Darn, Steve! It's been less than two hours since I resolved NOT to buy every interesting new plane that came along!

And the really cool bubinga coffin smoother that you built me during your November sale just got it's first workout Friday afternoon.

Nope. Not quite yet. I have to have just a little more self control than that!

Maybe next week. Or later this.

Patriarch, who had to explain to his wife why he needed (ok, wanted) _another_ handplane...

[Steve Knight]

wait till I get a finished picture up (G) I am debating on stamping the plane irons too. I don't make ebony planes too often anymore. ziricote is pretty rare too (G)

hey if you can show her you can make something for her from it you may have a good argument.

[rcook5]

Alternatively, you can just keep it on the coffee table when you're not using it. Steve's planes are sure decorative enough.

--RC

"Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells 'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets fly with a club. -- John W. Cambell Jr.

[Patriarch]

[e-mail] wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Well, yeah, but there's the grandcritter to consider. He's not old enough to respect a blade that sharp.

Patriarch

[rcook5]

Worse yet, he's likely to try to mimic grandpaw and take a few shavings off the coffee table.

Good point.

--RC

"Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells 'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets fly with a club. -- John W. Cambell Jr.

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:47:58 GMT, Steve Knight calmly ranted:

I wish my old one had them. (Hmmm, I could do that myself, couldn't I? What size do you use? Spring-loaded type?) Add a few pair of those to my tab, will ya, Steve?

other woods do you use on the jointers in a razee (AKA Moby Dick) style without inlay? Got one with a Japanese iron? Is this the big-un you referred to last week?

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[Larry Jaques]

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 02:44:41 GMT, Patriarch calmly ranted:

"But honey, the sale ends TODAY!"

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[Patriarch]

And I just finally finished that coffee table. 14 months, start to finish,with time off in the middle for life to intervene.

Patriarch

[Mark & Juanita]

... and look at how much money I'm saving!

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[Steve Knight]

well I don't know about that. looks are one of the hardest parts for me.

[Steve Knight]

I wish someone gave me the idea sooner (G) they are easy to add. I use 8/32 it seems to be a good size and does not stand out like a sore thumb. I drill a 1/8" hole then tap it with my cordless drill

no I have not got a pic of one of those yet and a Japanese iron is too small. hope to have one done this week.

[Larry Jaques]

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 06:10:10 GMT, Steve Knight calmly ranted:

Yeah, it looked easy enough.

Can you have wider Japanese irons made? Purty please?

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[Steve Knight]

you don't want to go there (G) it was a big enough battle to get these done right. only now with the last batch were all the bugs worked out. plus it takes a couple of months to get them.

[Larry Jaques]

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 04:56:02 GMT, Steve Knight calmly ranted:

That's OK, I can wait. As Tom Selleck says "The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

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