Once in a while, the auction gods are with me. I’ve wanted one of these planes for a while, but the prices always scare …

  I recently had the opportunity to try out the soon to be patented sharpening Jig made by Jim Ritter of Ancora Yacht Service. You …

The Simmons Hardware Company was a hardware manufacturer based in St. Louis with locations in six states. They sold Keen Kutter planes and other Keen …

Last update May 2018 TimeTestedTools was started for the collaboration and sharing of vintage tool information. I have seen that starting to unfold between the …

Electrolysis. It is a a great process and will get rid of the rust, or at least make it easy to brush off. I have …

Included here are all of the web sites to help date, or otherwise known as typing or type studies for vintage hand planes. And Make sure …

Here are the  guys who started this all in early plane history. Does Corrugation Reduce friction on a Hand Plane  This has been debated over …

I’m sure the Sargent #411 was introduced to compete with the Stanley #5 1/4. The Stanley #5 1/4 came out in 1922, so subsequently the …

  In researching for the article about “Pressed Steel frogs” I discovered a different breed of vintage hand plane. This Fulton has been sitting on …