Looking to pick up the small version (#49) of the Lie Nielsen Tongue & Groove Plane: let me know if you have one. Thanks
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Looking to pick up the small version (#49) of the Lie Nielsen Tongue & Groove Plane: let me know if you have one. Thanks
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Whatever you do, don’t go and see what these 49’s are going for on eBay right now….
On a different mode, I just saw a Guinness World Record break for a special bronze 4 1/2 LN Handplane end auction for about $3,000. These special bronze ones were $750 last year and I balked at the price. The world is a crazy price right now!
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Its unfortunate how collectors drive the prices up to insane levels, leaving tool users with little recourse. Yeah, I've been tempted to sell my LN 4.5 Anniversary plane: I just can't let go of it.
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well if you do I have a no 49 I’d trade for it!Originally Posted by Phil Gaudio
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Well, I have a 48 I'd trade for it, but the 4.5 Anniversary is where it is supposed to be: in my shop
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As a recent eBay buyer of a LN 49 I can tell you it is not for collecting. I've been looking for over a year and plan to try and wear it out.
"The cure for anything is saltwater....sweat, tears or the sea." Isak Dinesen
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That is gratifying to hear: I can't tell you the number of "used" LN tools I have purchased in the wild, only to discover that the use was either keeping them stored in their original boxes or possibly displayed as an objet d'art: enjoy wearing that plane to a nub!
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Still looking. Don't be shy: make me an offer.
Last edited by Phil Gaudio; 12-20-2021 at 7:06 PM.
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Though they make great tools the only LN tools in my shop are the ones that were way out of my range for a vintage Stanley plane.
My T&G plane is a Stanley #49, may also purchase a #48 someday.
Just looked at prices for some LN planes on ebay:
Dang, if there was a need for some cash my #60-1/2 & #62 could be sold since they are not used much in my work.
The LN #1 is listed at a price approaching what a Stanley #1 gets.
Though these prices may be someone's wishful thinking.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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A LN 49 just sold for $775.45 + $25.80 shipping on eBay! LN sold this for $195 before apparently discontinuing it. Prior to the holidays I spoke at length with someone at LN about current supplies and production updates. They will continue to produce the 48 (with a price increase), although it is currently not in stock with no anticipated return date.
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Well, the saga is over: I have procured a LN #49 in pristine condition. Yes, LN prices have hit the stratosphere: I suspect that as the world slowly returns to normal, LN will have all their tools back in production, and prices will come back to more reasonable levels.
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Congrats! Let the project commence!
Here is another Guinness book of records of LN planes pricing…6k?! Buy yourself a jet ski instead! To each is there own.
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I have regular bronze No. 1 and No. 2 Lie-Nielsen planes. Neither is listed any longer on the Lie-Nielsen site. I will just hang on to them. I am on the wait list for the L&N tongue and groove plane. As a back-up plan, I bought the T&G cutter for my Veritas Combination Plane. I have only played with it but it works. Glad I bought my hand tools a few years ago.
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