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    How many handplanes do you have?

    I have seven. I have a 604, 605, 607 Bedrocks and a 5 1/2 Bailey. The other three are Baileys as well. I have Hock irons and breakers on them.
    I don't use them much any more,but I will start wood working by hand again.
    I have a collection of Disston saws as well. Some have curly maple handles.
    Last edited by lowell holmes; 04-29-2019 at 11:05 PM.

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    I'm not sure. I have 8 planes out right now, but my shop is mostly packed in boxes. Probably another 10 to 12 planes packed away. Yes, it's a sickness that became worse when I started watching the plane restoration videos on youtube.

    Allen

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    This could be an interesting thread. I'll toss in…

    Block Planes
    - Sargent No. 206 (Type 3, 1910-1918)

    - Early Stanley No. 65 with knuckle cap, (1905-1912)
    - Late Stanley No. 65 with knuckle cap (circa 1936-1947)

    Bench Planes
    - Stanley Bailey No. 4, (Type 17 WWII era)
    - Stanley Bailey No. 5, (Type 14)
    - Stanley Bailey No. 6, (Type 9)
    - Stanley Bailey No. 7


    Specialty Planes
    - Veritas Large Shoulder Plane
    - Veritas Small Plow Plane with factory mod upgrade

    Wooden Planes
    - Hermon Chapin 3/16" Center Bead Plane, fully boxed, No. 196 or 166 (1826-1860)

    - Sandusky 3/16" Side Bead Plane
    - Mawle & Co. 1/8" Side Bead Plane, fully boxed

    - Thos L. Appleton Boston 3/8" Center Bead Plane
    - Etc., etc., etc.…

    Hollows & Rounds Functional Pairs
    - Hollow 3/4", Auburn Tool Co., N. Y. No. 180, "Size 10"
    - Round 3/4", A Howland & Co., #180, Size "10"
    - Hollow 7/8", Sargent & Co. 663, Size "6"
    - Round 7/8", A. F. Bidwell, Cold Water, Mich., 72, "No. 5"
    Last edited by Kurtis Johnson; 04-29-2019 at 12:16 PM.

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    My block planes outnumber your whole accumulation.

    After the count got up to ~50 my efforts at keeping track were abandoned.

    If you are ever up this way, you are welcome to come by and count them.

    Plane Wall.jpg

    That isn't all of them.

    jtk
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    Even if I took my shoes off - even if I asked my bride to come out to the shop and take her shoes off* - I'm not sure there'd be enough fingers and toes to count my herd of planes.
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    *which would, of course, be a profoundly stupid move, since the already-not-infrequently-asked question, "Why do you have so many tools?", would inevitably arise.

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    35 handplanes, 25 handsaws....last count. yard sale season is about to start, again...numbers could change..

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    Ha! You certainly have many more than I, no doubt. However, the ones I listed are my users which I've restored, fettled and tuned. I have a drawer full I want to be in someone else's hands. I still have a few on my list to get. It's a tidy list. Mileage certainly varies, and I would not impose the following on anyone but myself, but I would like to imagine my grandfather seeing my shop for the first time and not be embarrassed. There's an end to my user collection.
    Last edited by Kurtis Johnson; 04-29-2019 at 2:44 PM.

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    I have a disease. Plane collecting. I've been ill a long time. I have at least 60. Mostly from Craigslist/yard sales. Most of them are not used, obviously. I mean, how can you possibly use that many planes. I refurb them and get them well and functioning. As mentioned earlier, Summer is coming, the list can expand. I have to say that I have 2 Stanley No. 8s, not just one. That's how sick I am. One of them has a Hock blade. I love that plane. Hope my wife doesn't visit this forum.

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    After many years of never ending rust hunting, I divested myself of about 30 planes over the last year or so. What remains:

    LN #102
    LN #60 1/2
    LV Medium Shoulder Plane
    LV Edge Trimming Plane
    Stanley Sweetheart Era #3 with Hock Iron
    LN #4 (Bronze)
    LN #4 1/2 (Iron)
    ECE German Jack
    LV #62 1/2 Low Angle Jack
    Stanley Sweetheart Era #7 with Hock Iron

    That should do.
    Sharp solves all manner of problems.

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    Block Planes:
    Stanley 220
    And a new Sweetheart 60 1/2

    Bench:
    Dunlap 3dbb
    Stanley #4
    Sargent VBM 409
    Millers Falls #9
    Sargent 414
    Millers Falls 14
    Sargent VBM 418
    Union #7 (I am not positive what their numbering system is, but it's a jointer).

    Specialty/Joinery planes:
    Veritas skew rabbet
    Veritas Router
    Veritas Cabinet scraper
    Veritas small plow

    Spokeshaves:
    2 small ones that don't really have any markings on them
    Stanley 151
    Stanley 51

    And I think that's it..... Now when I write it out I realize, I need more planes haha.

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    If you asked me a year or so ago it would have been around 50 - 60. I got hit hard by the garage sale/plane restoration bug. But I found myself never using most of my planes so I sold off the vast majority this past year. Now I have -

    Block Planes:
    2 block planes
    1 Pocket plane

    Bench Planes:
    5 BD Smoothers
    1 BU Smoother
    3 BD Jack Planes
    2 BU Jack Planes
    1 BD Jointer
    1 BU Jointer

    Yes, I clearly have a problem

    Joinery Planes:
    2 Shoulder Planes
    1 Rabbet Plane
    1 Plow Plane
    1 Combination Plane
    2 Router Planes
    1 Shooting Plane
    1 Scraper Plane

    That brings the total to 25 - Clearly I still have a bit of a problem.

    This doesn't count the various woodies I've kept for different reasons, and the hollows and rounds set. I never use them but couldn't bring myself to part with them...

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    If we are counting molding and joinery planes... literally hundreds. If we are just counting bench planes... dozens. I stopped counting a long time ago.
    Your endgrain is like your bellybutton. Yes, I know you have it. No, I don't want to see it.

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    77 of them:

    32 Bench
    37 Joinery
    4 Block
    4 Specialty

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    Quote Originally Posted by lowell holmes View Post
    I have seven. I have a 604, 605, 607 Bedrocks and a 5 1/2 Bailey. The other three are Baileys as well. I gave Hock irons and breakers on them.
    I don't use them much any more,but I will start wood working by hand again.
    I have a collection of Disston saws as well. Some have curly maple handles.
    Only as many as I need.

    Stanley 608, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5C, 604, 4, 3, and LN skew block, block, 4.5, 4, a couple of scrubs, a LA jack, a Record block. I'm sure I'm missing a few.

    I most definitely don't have a problem, all of these are used and kept ready to use (except for the several that are sitting in a box because they're useless but I could change my mind.) Plus a parts bin.

    I'm not a collector. I bought a plane because I needed it.

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    I have to say that I have 2 Stanley No. 8s, not just one. That's how sick I am. One of them has a Hock blade.
    Kyle,

    Great minds must think alike. One of my #8s has a hock blade. The other #8, with a corrugated sole, has only recently been put into service. It may be up for sale next Saturday at a flea market where we have rented a space.

    Almost everyone of my planes gets some use during the passage of a year.

    jtk
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