Originally Posted by
Richard Hutchings
Price near the top??? I guess you need to be a serious collector with deep pockets to by from him. What has the world come to. I guess I should have been buying these things up 30 years ago for 2 bucks a pop. Good grief.
Yes, if there was more money available to me back then buying more would have been done and now would be profitable. Thankfully most of my planes were purchased before prices became so high.
There are two or three sized pairs in my assemblage of Hollows & Rounds from the same maker. In my set there are also a few with a different blade pitch.
Still, it looks like all of Jim Bode's H&R sets have sold. Some for ~$300 for a set of 18 planes. That is less than $20/plane. That is a price that would keep me from wanting to sell any of my Hollows or Rounds. (Some of the sets on the Jim Bode site have sold for over $1000)
My understanding is a Harlequin set has sized pairs from the same maker though all pairs can be from different makers. A double Harlequin set includes paired sizes being from different makers. Not sure if all sellers follow this convention.
jtk
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