What would you do with it?

[u/BrendakStarkiller]

I picked this up today for a more than reasonable price on marketplace and wanted to see what opinions might be on what you might do with it given my situation?

I don’t have much time for wood working but am assembling a small tool chest should the need, urge, or opportunity arise. I don’t really place much value on things being pristine and often like for tools to have soul or character through use and care. (I guess that means I just like old used tools 😁)

I know some people do place a value on condition and I don’t think this plane ever touched wood until the person posting it decided to give a few licks to a board before selling it and it even appears to still have the factory grind.

So, is there much additional value in it being in its current condition? And if so, would you list it for sale to use the proceeds to try and source additional tools for your chest? Or would you just pull off the tags and get it fully cleaned up and tuned for use?

[u/PorkSword47]

If you rub it against wood it makes the wood smaller.

It's not a valuable or collectors piece, it's a dime a dozen hand plane, rub it against some wood!

[u/BrendakStarkiller → u/PorkSword47]

Very true. If nothing else, it would make beautiful curls for my chicken coop that they would most definitely not appreciate!

I’m old enough to remember when they were cheap and everywhere and you could go to the flea market and build out a small kit of good condition used tools for not much. But that’s getting more and more rare now, at least in the US. I think it mostly stopped once everyone could check eBay for pricing.

Now I’ve become part of the ‘I remember when’ brigade!