Stanley No. 35 smooth plane, my first antique tool.

Lot #400 (Sale Order 400 of 325)

Stanley No. 35 smooth plane, the first antique tool I ever bought and the one that led to 20,000 other tools over the next 28 years. Purchased at Pacific Auction, Longmont, CO, in the fall of 1981 for $7.50. It looked OK to me then, but it has a broken casting, the top of the tote is broken off, the chip breaker has chips all along its leading edge, and someone used it so much the plane had to be "re-soled" with a quarter-inch piece of beech. It is a fairly early one with the eagle trademark on the toe and the patent dates inside the brass adjustment nut. But it rates a weak Fair because of its problems. ($10-20).

Ornately engraved brass dovetail saw.

Lot #401 (Sale Order 401 of 325)

Brass-backed dovetail saw with highly engraved brass handle. 5" blade, 8" overall. 28 points per inch. Good++. ($25-50).

"Egg-beater" style screwdriver-drill.

Lot #402 (Sale Order 402 of 325)

Very unusual hand drill/screwdriver. Not marked. Collet-style chuck holds a 3-jaw chuck or screwdriver bits, which are stored in the hollow handle with drill bits. 9½". Good. ($30-50).

Small iron hand drill.

Lot #403 (Sale Order 403 of 325)

8" cast iron hand drill w/ 1/8" collet-style chuck. 90% japanning. Early & Good+. ($30-50).

Swan-neck mortise chisel.

Lot #404 (Sale Order 404 of 325)

Thos. Ibbotson Warranted. Swan-neck mortise chisel. 1/2" x 21". Good, with replaced handle. Still useable. ($30-50).

Unusual 1886 wooden butt marking gauge.

Lot #405 (Sale Order 405 of 325)

PATd. FEB. 23, 1886. A wooden gauge (looks like birch) for marking butts, rabbets, mortises, and other general marking duties. At least 5 marking/measuring functions in a block about 1½"x2"x4". I've only seen one or two others like it. Good+. ($30-50).

Knife sharpener: Patent Applied For

Lot #406 (Sale Order 406 of 325)

Pat. Apl’d For. Knife sharpener. Probably 1880s or thereabouts. Cast iron on wood base. Uses 2 pieces of file clamped between its jaws as the sharpening medium; one of those is missing, but easily replaced. Good. ($35-55).

Perfection brass-cased plumb bob, 3½ lbs.

Lot #407 (Sale Order 407 of 325)

PERFECTION / PAT. PEND. on a brass-cased plumb bob with lead fill and steel point. 3½# (56 oz.), 2½” dia. x 5” long. Dings & dents. ($50-75).

A “knork” for use by Civil War amputees.

Lot #409 (Sale Order 409 of 325)

A KNORK is a combination eating utensil that blends the features of a knife and a fork into one implement. Designed for use by amputees. Typically found as post-Civil War relics, because there were so many veterans of that war who had lost a hand or arm, but an idea that was probably around as early as the American Revolution. This one is obviously missing one of its three tines, otherwise in Very Good condition. ($50-75).

1891 patent spirit-level for bits & squares.

Lot #410 (Sale Order 410 of 325)

Pat. Mar. 31.91. adjustable brass level for bit & square use. Pat. No. 449,609. Protractor on face allows adjusting for desired angle. Good. ($40-80).

Stearns No. 84 bit & square level, in box.

Lot #411 (Sale Order 411 of 325)

E.C. Stearns & Co. No. 84 Bit & Square Level in taped picture box. Brass level is Fine. ($50-80).

Pair of dated machinist's squares, 1865 and 1876.

Lot #412 (Sale Order 412 of 325)

Warranted / 1876 on one side of a 6" try square handle. Date appears again on other side with logo consisting of two barnyard fowl. High-quality job of fitting blade to handle. Other one is a similar 5" square, dated 1865 on the handle. Good+. ($35-70).

Early hand-forged 1" tap for wood threads.

Lot #413 (Sale Order 413 of 325)

No markings on this very early 1" diameter tapered tap with 4½" threads per inch. 8" hand-forged iron shank fitted into wood handle. Clean with overall pitting. Great example. ($30-60).

French hand adze.

Lot #414 (Sale Order 414 of 325)

Early French hand adze with 1" & 2" cutting edges, which are rounded rather than being straight across. Overall pitting, to be expected in a tool this old that was intended for hard use. Good. ($30-60).

Millers Falls hand vise & tool holder.

Lot #415 (Sale Order 415 of 325)

Millers Falls Co. nickel-plated hand vise w/ hollow rosewood handle that stores 5 tool attachments. Handle can be repositioned on side of vise. Fine- condition. ($30-60).

Stanley filletster-bed smooth plane.

Lot #416 (Sale Order 416 of 325)

I suppose this is one way to make use of a Stanley No. 41 filletster bed & its cutter-- modify it into a smooth plane. A pretty nice job. Another addition for your collection of novelties. ($40-90).

Johnson & Taintor's 1869 patent push drill, in tin box.

Lot #417 (Sale Order 417 of 325)

JOHNSON & TAINTOR'S PAT. OCT. 5, 1869 push drill, in original tin box. Nickel-plated brass. Fine. ($50-100).

Lot of 3 smallest-of-size wooden moulding planes.

Lot #418 (Sale Order 418 of 325)

Lot of 3 wooden planes that are about as small as you can get in their specialties: First is a 1/16" hollow by Shepley (1771-1805). Second is a Sandusky 3/16" side bead, a very small & delicate profile. Third is a French match plane ("coming-and-going" plane or "tongue-and-groove" plane) with a 1/16" cut (that's one-sixteenth of an inch!). It's a lttle rough. All in all, Good- to Good+. ($75-150).

Ashcroft ratcheting breast drill with reciprocating action, 1910 patent.

Lot #419 (Sale Order 419 of 325)

The Ashcroft Mfg. Co. New York/ Pat. July 12 1910 // Patent No. 193407 of 1910. A ratcheting & reversible breast drill that also includes a reciprocating action. It took a while to figure out just what all it does and why it does it. The ratcheting action would come in handy in corners and other tight spots. Don't recall having seen another, but maybe I just wasn't looking. Good+. ($75-150)

Millers Falls convertible breast drill, 1890 patent.

Lot #420 (Sale Order 420 of 325)

Millers Falls Pat. Feb. 18, 1890. An uncommon breast drill that is convertible to a ratcheting corner brace. Adjust to one of two speeds by sliding the handle/gear assembly along the keyed shaft. Handle is adjustable in length for torque or use in tight spaces. Breast pad can be repositioned at 90° to the main shaft. Good. ($45-90).

Stanley Tools Guide to Identity & Value, hardback.

Lot #421 (Sale Order 421 of 325)

John Walter's 1996 2nd Edition of Antique & Collectible STANLEY TOOLS Guide to Identity & Value. Hard cover edition, with dust cover. Everything you ever wanted to know about Stanley's tools. 885 pages. It was $40 when it came out in '96; it's now long out-of-print, but offered by Internet book dealers for nearly four hundred bucks. This is a tight copy, no loose pages, light soiling on outside page edges, creased inner flaps on the dustcover. Overall in Good+ condition for a book that gets used a lot. ($75-125).

Stanley Tools Guide to Identity & Value, softcover 1st edition.

Lot #422 (Sale Order 422 of 325)

John Walter's May 1991 1st Edition, third printing, of Antique & Collectible STANLEY TOOLS Guide to Identity & Value. Soft cover. Everything known about Stanley's tools, as of 1990. 455 pages. Cost $24.95 when it came out in '91. This book is sometimes referred to as the Stanley bible, so I guess this would be the Gutenberg edition. Tight copy with soiling on outside of the pages from being thumbed a lot. Front cover corners are tattered, as can be seen. Inside is clean with only about a dozen tools in the whole book circled in ink. ($50-90).

Stanley No. 9½ block plane, 1880s.

Lot #423 (Sale Order 423 of 325)

L. Bailey's Patent Aug.6.67 Aug.31.58 Ex'd. on the cutter of a Stanley No. 9½ block plane w/ adjustable mouth. Features date it to the 1880s. Good. ($35-85).

Stanley No. 40 scrub plane, Type 1.

Lot #424 (Sale Order 424 of 325)

First model of the Stanley No. 40 scrub plane. Has rosewood handle and stained beech knob. Good+. ($50-90).

Bettye saw or jesus saw.

Lot #425 (Sale Order 425 of 325)

A large frame saw known as a Betty saw or jesus saw. Don't ask me why they were called that. On second thought, ask me; I have theories. Features an extended leg ending in a T-handle. 26" blade. A couple of early repairs on a very early saw. ($60-120).

Lufkin No. 465 folding boxwood rule.

Lot #426 (Sale Order 426 of 325)

LUFKIN NO. 465 folding boxwood rule. The Stanley No. 69 equivalent. 1-foot, 4-fold. Crisp & tight, but with some staining. Uncommon with the Lufkin mark. Good. ($25-50)

Shapleigh Hardware Diamond Edge tin sign.

Lot #427 (Sale Order 427 of 325)

"DIAMOND EDGE IS A QUALITY PLEDGE" across the top of a 6¼"x9¼" tin sign mounted over cardboard. Apparently, the SHAPLEIGH HARDWARE CO. of ST. LOUIS printed a series of these signs with various prophetic and wise sayings sometime in the 1890s or 1910s. This one quotes something we've heard all our lives: "For when the One Great Scorer comes to write against our name He writes?Not that you won or lost - but how you played the game." Has the D.E. logo in all 4 corners. Good condition. ($50-100).

Odd No. 120 block plane - a prototype?

Lot #428 (Sale Order 428 of 325)

No. 120 is the crude, incuse casting mark in front of the knob, which is a simple tapered beech cylinder 1-1/8" high that is friction-fit over an unthreaded 3/8"d x 1/2" high post cast into the 7" bed. 1-5/8" Stanley cutter with the type J logo is mostly used up. Blade adjustment is via a twisted, stamped-steel lever that looks like a Sargent design. Lever cap has a lightly-pebbled surface and its locking lever releases pressure on the blade only when moved from the center position to the right position. A copy or a prototype? Good. ($50-100).

Taintor Framing Tool, 1910 patent.

Lot #429 (Sale Order 429 of 325)

TAINTOR FRAMING TOOL / PAT'D. MAY 10. 10. Charles Taintor's first patent for a tool whose purpose was to incorporate "in one instrument a tool which will comprise all of the uses of the steel square and of the bevel and which, when folded, will be compact and occupy but small space." From the looks of it, I'd say he was successful. It folds up to a compact 1½" x 13". He did get another patent in 1912 (#1,029,774) for improvements to the first, by adding more scales & tables. Actually, I think this one incorporates all those extras. Looks like it could do just about anything. The 2 arms adjust independently of one another. Also has a depth scale of sorts that slides out the bottom. Good. ($125-250).

3 tools: ebony & brass slitting gauge, pad saw, & spokeshave.

Lot #430 (Sale Order 430 of 325)

3 solid ebony & brass tools: an ebony slitting gauge for cutting veneer strips or panels to width, with typical Scottish locking screw set in a brass escutcheon, in Good condition with a few flakes of ebony missing; an ebony pad saw with brass ferrule (which has a replacement screw) & blade that stores in the handle, in Good condition; an adjustable ebony spokeshave with brass thumbnuts to regulate blade depth, missing a chunk from the body where one of the blade tangs enters the body, otherwise Good. Three showy tools even with their defects. ($70-125).

Spiers dovetailed & infilled shoulder plane.

Lot #431 (Sale Order 431 of 325)

Spiers / Ayr (actually, it's Spiers / 3Ayr1) on this ¾" Scottish dovetailed-steel shoulder plane with ebony infill & beech wedge. It's marked DOVETAILED on the metal at the very bottom of the toe. 9¼" long. Good. ($150-250).

The W.B.&E. Standard Smoke Tester, in original case.

Lot #432 (Sale Order 432 of 325)

The W. B. & E. Standard Smoke Tester. (Williams, Brown & Earle of Philadelphia). "Approved and adopted by the Bureau of Boiler Inspection fo the City of Philadelphia." Probably used for optical comparison to the smoke density coming fom a boiler's stack. You could use it the next time you barbecue. In velvet-lined case, which has some condition problems, but the Tester is in Fine condition. ($60-110).

Keen Kutter diamond glass cutter, in leather case.

Lot #433 (Sale Order 433 of 325)

KEEN KUTTER glass cutter with rosewood handle and choice of diamond tip or standard roller-type cutter. In marked leather case, which has a good Simmons/Keen Kutter mark but is split. The cutter is Fine except for a barley-corn sized bit of nickel that's flaked off near the cutting end (see in picture). Fine-. ($70-115).

Shipwright's breast auger with pod bit.

Lot #434 (Sale Order 434 of 325)

Typically associated with the shipbuilding trade, this handwrought breast auger has a 1½" pod or spoon bit and is 32½" long. No apparent maker's mark. The bit is still fairly sharp and could be used as it is. Good. ($75-150).

Horse-measuring stick, graduated in "hands".

Lot #435 (Sale Order 435 of 325)

It's a horse-measuring stick (I don't know if there's a proper term for it) for determining the height of your horse. 1" x 1.25" x 6' wood stock that's hinged in the middle, with a sliding steel strip that locks it in the open position. There's an aluminum strip inlaid in the upper half, and it's graduated in 4" increments from 13 hands to 17 hands. No maker's mark. How many do you own? Good. ($35-75).

Panel raising plane by an Indiana maker, J. Burke.

Lot #436 (Sale Order 436 of 325)

J. BURKE / MADISON IA (Indiana, in this case) on this 4½" panel raiser with a W. Butcher skewed cutter.. Ca. 1850. 14¼" long. 3-star rarity rating for this maker. Has some fairly heavy checks in the wood. Good. ($120-200).

Spencer brass microscope.

Lot #437 (Sale Order 437 of 325)

Spencer Microscope / ALOE CO. Sales Agents / 38851 in its finger-jointed wooden case, with accessories. Good+. ($200-300).

Northup's Patent 1891 saw-setting machine.

Lot #438 (Sale Order 438 of 325)

PATENT MAR. 24, 1891, L.L. Northup’s Patent No. 448,742 for a hand-cranked machine to set the teeth on a band saw blade. It's the first, and maybe only, patent for a machine that sets the teeth while the blade is installed on the saw. Each revolution of the handle sets a tooth in one direction, advances the blade one tooth, then sets the next tooth in the opposite direction. As for rarity, Todd Friberg's Patented American Saw Sets rates it as “never seen.” This one is mounted on a board for display, so you’ll obviously have to remove it before you can use the machine. Good+. ($200-300).

Lady-leg caliper.

Lot #439 (Sale Order 439 of 325)

4-5/8" hand-wrought "lady-leg" inside caliper. (Will also work as an outside caliper if you move the legs to the other side.) Old. Good. ($50-90).

Lowell Wrench Co. hand vise.

Lot #440 (Sale Order 440 of 325)

LOWELL WRENCH CO. WORCESTER, MASS. U.S.A. 6" nickel-plated hand vise. Based on an 1875 patent. G++. ($45-90).

1887 drawknife chamfer guides.

Lot #441 (Sale Order 441 of 325)

PAT'D JULY 19, 1887 on a set of drawknife chamfer guides with graduated keeper bar. Nickel plated. Has two sets of screw holes to accommodate various drawknives. Good+. ($55-110).

Patented quick-adjusting bow caliper.

Lot #442 (Sale Order 442 of 325)

UNION CALIPER CO. / ORANGE, MASS. U.S.A. / PATENTED JUNE 13, 1914. 7¼" quick-adjust bow caliper. I've never seen another. Good+. ($55-110).

Stanley 3" try square, near Fine.

Lot #443 (Sale Order 443 of 325)

STANLEY NEW BRITAIN, CONN. U.S.A. in triangular logo on a hard-to-find 3" No. 20 try square. Good++ condition with blued blade. ($35-75).

Diamond Edge Tools tin hardware store sign, n.o.s., Mint.

Lot #444 (Sale Order 444 of 325)

DIAMOND EDGE TOOLS tin sign for a hardware store in Haskell, Texas. New-old-stock. 9¾" x 27¾". I got this in 1987 from a friend in Chillicothe, TX, who opened a sealed pack of these that he had bought at an auction and handed it to me. The others were destroyed a few years later when he had a roof leak in his storage shed, they got wet, and the paint completely peeled off. This one is still Mint. ($50-100).

Sandusky handled applewood plow plane.

Lot #445 (Sale Order 445 of 325)

SANDUSKY TOOL CO. / OHIO No. 125 applewood plow plane, handled. Applewood arms & nuts. Boxwood face dovetailed to fence. Good+ to Fine. ($175-275).

Coachmaker's wedge-arm plow plane.

Lot #446 (Sale Order 446 of 325)

Beech coachmaker's plow plane with typical compassed skate. Body is only 5¾" long. Wedge-lock arms, tall cutter wedge. Riveted skate & arms. A fairly early tool. Good. ($90-150).

Sandusky boxwood plow plane.

Lot #447 (Sale Order 447 of 325)

SANDUSKY TOOL CO. No. 130 solid boxwood plow plane, untoted. Boxwood arms & nuts. Although the wedge finial is a little battered, Good+. ($125-200).

Leistner 48-oz. reversible brass plumb bob, near-mint in wood box.

Lot #448 (Sale Order 448 of 325)

P. LEISTNER / ST. CHARLES, MO. on a 6-1/8" brass plumb bob with reversible point. Weighs 3 lbs. In original fitted oak box. I would call it Mint, but try to use that term sparingly, so will settle on Fine++. ($150-250).

Yankee Tool Set No. 100.

Lot #449 (Sale Order 449 of 325)

NORTH BROTHERS "YANKEE" TOOL SET NO. 100. The only detractor is the decal on the outside of the box lid, which is about 75%. Inside, the tools (and label) are absolutely complete and may have been used once or twice. Fine+. ($125-175).

Hendrie & Bolthoff, Denver, inspector's test gauge kit.

Lot #450 (Sale Order 450 of 325)

THE HENDRIE & BOLTHOFF MFG. & SUPPLY CO. / DENVER, COLO. INSPECTORS TEST. 300# gauge and attachments in fitted, blue-velvet-lined box. Nickel-plated. Probably for mining inspector or boiler inspector use. H&B was the west's largest supplier of mining machinery and one of Denver's most significant and long-lived manufacturers, from 1876 through the 1960s.

1913 Patent tool holder with 9 tools.

Lot #451 (Sale Order 451 of 325)

HULTBERG-JOHANSON TOOL CO. / WARREN, PA. / PAT. DEC. 9. 1913. 7" beech-handled tool holder with 6 graduated-size screwdriver bits, ball pein hammer, tapered punch to release tools from the friction-fit holder, and double-ended steel accessory handle…10 pcs. in all. In finger-jointed box. One bit tip is buggered, otherwise Good+. ($45-85).

Unusual small iron butt & mortise gauge: Pat. Apl'd For

Lot #452 (Sale Order 452 of 325)

PAT. APL'D FOR is the only mark on this unusual nickel-plated butt & mortise gauge. 3¼" long. Fine. ($30-60).

1852 patented screw-holding driver bit for a brace.

Lot #453 (Sale Order 453 of 325)

Patented Dec. 7, 1852. Screw-holding screw-driver for use in a brace. Switzer's Patent No. 9,547. Brass sleeve around threaded spring-steel jaws. Early and uncommon tool in Fine condition. ($35-65).

Hawes' Patent 1819 carpenter square.

Lot #454 (Sale Order 454 of 325)

HAWES' PATENT / $3.00 on a 14" x 24" carpenter's framing square. The mark, which is admittedly light, refers to Silas Hawes' patent of December 15, 1819 for a process that produced laminated steel squares that are tapered in thickness from the corner to the ends. You can see evidence of the laminations on the back side. Three bucks for a square was an awful lot of money in those days. I guess they were pretty firm on the price, otherwise they wouldn't have stamped it into the metal. It's more than what most carpenter's squares are worth today. You'll drive the wheels off your car looking for another example like this one. Hand-stamped grads, of course. Worn, with a dark patina, but still readable & useable. ($75-150).

Carved wooden veneer scraper with religious marking.

Lot #455 (Sale Order 455 of 325)

The Greek initials I H S (for "Christ") were sometimes marked on early European tools to reflect the craftsman's belief that his artisitc abilities were a gift from God. This is the case with the carving on the top and around the mouth of this wooden veneer scraper. 4¾" wide body with 11" wide handles. Good+, with woodworm holes (not uncommon in European tools). ($60-120).

Pearson's Nailer hammer-activated nail gun, ca. 1900.

Lot #456 (Sale Order 456 of 325)

Pearson's Nailer / 1¼ Inch Wire Nail No.13. I think these were invented around the turn of the century for nailing crates together. Hammer-activated. Good+. ($80-150).

Ebony mortise gauge with brass face on square head.

Lot #457 (Sale Order 457 of 325)

Ebony mortise gauge with full brass slide and brass face on a square head. Would rate Fine except for a check in the head near the locking thumbscrew. ($35-70).

Stanley No. 177 rosewood mortise gauge.

Lot #458 (Sale Order 458 of 325)

Stanley No. 177 mortise gauge, rosewood. With brass attachment on fence for curved surfaces, Pat.Jan.12.86. Good+. ($25-75).

Stanley No. 46 skewed combination plane with 22 cutters.

Lot #459 (Sale Order 459 of 325)

Stanley No. 46 skewed combination plane with 22 cutters! Yes, you get the 11 original cutters (there are two 1/4" cutters and no 3/16" cutter) plus 11 more that were custom made (beads, reeds, & rounds). And the slitter & depth shoe. 98% nickel plating, which is dull but would shine with a bit of buffing with fine steel wool. Much original varnish on the rosewood. Rates a solid Good+ as it is. ($200-400).

Rosewood bow saw.

Lot #460 (Sale Order 460 of 325)

12" bow saw made of rosewood or other similar exotic wood. Boxwood handles. Good+. ($75-140).

1854 Patent wagon hub boring machine.

Lot #461 (Sale Order 461 of 325)

Doles' Pat. July 25, 1854 / Extended July 1869 / Manufactured Only by / Silver & Deming / Galem Ohio U.S.A. A wagon wheel hub boring machine used to cut a shoulder in the hub to receive an axle box. Pretty involved set of mechanisms to engage the feed screw and adjust the 3 jaws simultaneously to accommodate various sized hubs. No. 2 size. The plate is about 9½" across, handle is 19", stands 21" high. Still has traces of original dark red paint or varnish. How many of these can there be laying around? In good working condition. Good. ($175-275).

Excelsior Mfg. Co. 1885 Patent expansive auger bit, rare.

Lot #462 (Sale Order 462 of 325)

Excelsior Mfg. Co. Patented Mar. 10, 1885 (No. 313,735 to Geo. Hill) on this scarce example of an expansion bit for woodwork. Cam-lock-lever feature clamps the adjustable cutting lip at the desired diameter. Adjusts to cut a 2" circle. Plus an additional shorter lip. 10½" long. Good+. ($30-55).

Varvill & Sons sash filletster plane.

Lot #463 (Sale Order 463 of 325)

Varvill & Sons / Ebor Works / York 1¼" sash filletster having wedge-arms with brass tips. Original finish under grime left by a user who didn't wash his hands very often. Should clean up to show very well. Good. ($60-110).

19th-century squaring axe head.

Lot #464 (Sale Order 464 of 325)

An early-19th-century French felling axe head. 10½" head w/ typical triangular eye. 6" edge is sharp. Overall medium pitting. ($40-80).

Ebony mortise gauge with brass stem & oval head.

Lot #465 (Sale Order 465 of 325)

Ebony mortise gauge with solid brass slide and full brass face on oval head. Scottish. Good. ($40-80).

Ebony mortise gauge with brass-bound stem & head.

Lot #466 (Sale Order 466 of 325)

Ebony mortise gauge with full brass face and brass-bound stem. Scottish. Good. ($40-80).

Perfect Handle 10" drawknife.

Lot #467 (Sale Order 467 of 325)

The H.D. Smith & Co. "Perfect Handle" Pat. Applied For. 10" drawknife is in near-mint condition except for a poor job of sharpening the cutting edge. The Fine Tool Journal says this is one of the rarest of Perfect Handle tools. Believe it. Fine. ($100-175).

Cooper's barrel-marking hammer.

Lot #468 (Sale Order 468 of 325)

C.H. Hanson…Improved Figure Wheel. Used by coopers to stamp the head of a barrel while it's lying on its side. Good. ($75-150).

Wilkinson 6" folding drawknife.

Lot #469 (Sale Order 469 of 325)

first model of the Stanley No. 40 scrub plane. Has rosewood handle and stained beech knob. Good+. ($50-90).

Cooper's chamfer knife.

Lot #470 (Sale Order 470 of 325)

L.&I.J. White #5 cooper's chamfer knife with 5" edge. For cutting the chamfer on the ends of the barrel staves. Overall light pitting, as these chamfer knives are prone to have, and very light rust that would disappear with a little wax. Good. ($35-65).

Impressive bench plane.

Lot #472 (Sale Order 472 of 325)

Craftsman-made bench plane, fashioned from one piece of applewood or other fruitwood with a dense, tight grain. Features a closed tote and ornately-curled front grip. Full steel sole plate is 5/32" thick. 3¼" wide x 15" long. Buck Bros. 2-3/8" double iron. This plane feels like it would be a pleasure to use. Good+. ($150-300).

World's largest folding boxwood rule.

Lot #473 (Sale Order 473 of 325)

Bentley & Taylor London 2-meter, 2-fold boxwood rule. New-old-stock. A few years ago Martin Donnelly said his research indicated these were the largest folding boxwood rules ever produced. Ca.1930s. Fine++. ($150-250).

Wedge-maiking machine.

Lot #474 (Sale Order 474 of 325)

The Lightning Wedge Machine Co. / The Krutsch Pat. cast iron lever-operated wedge cutting machine. For making wedges for handles. Cuts 1" x 3" tapered wedges. It works! Good. ($75-150).

Cooper's bung puller.

Lot #475 (Sale Order 475 of 325)

Classic early example of a cooper's bung puller. 11" forged iron shank w/ tapered point that screws into a barrel's bung. Pivoting "foot" rests on barrel either side of bung to pull it out. Oak handle has been gnawed on by a mouse in a long-forgotten wine cellar. As found w/ some surface rust. Good. ($40-85).

Smith's Automatic Framing Square, 1900 Patent.

Lot #476 (Sale Order 476 of 325)

Smith's Automatic Framing Square. Patented Jan. 30, 1900. 9¾" aluminum body, steel blades. Serves as a sliding bevel; rafter, try, & miter square; and center finder on round stock. Good. ($45-85).

Wood Mfg. Co. 1875 Patent adjustable hollow auger.

Lot #477 (Sale Order 477 of 325)

WOOD MF'G. CO. / PAT. AUG. 10, 1875. A.A. Wood's first hollow auger patent. Adjusts from ¼" to 1¼". I hope I look this good at age 134. Good+. ($45-90).

Drawknife with replaceable cutter insert.

Lot #478 (Sale Order 478 of 325)

Unmarked hand-forged drawknife with provision for replaceable cutters of various profiles & widths (up to about 2.5"). Only the one cutter included. Unusual & nicely done. Good. ($50-90).

Crookston Patent 1909 builder's layout tool.

Lot #479 (Sale Order 479 of 325)

Crookston Tool Co. Crookston, Minn. U.S.A. Pat. Feb. 16, 1909. Consists of 3 nickel-plated rules all connected at 3 points that allow sliding the rules in relation to one another to lay out various angles, which are indicated on a protractor scale at the intersection of 2 of the legs. Vertical & horizontal legs can be locked at 90°. 12x16x11½”. Good. ($100-200).

Carved Scandinavian hollowing plane.

Lot #480 (Sale Order 480 of 325)

A hollowing plane of Scandinavian origins with carved front horn and carving in front of the throat. Scrolled wedge. Good. ($30-60).

Veneer knife, early & scarce.

Lot #481 (Sale Order 481 of 325)

A veneer knife is one of the least understood tools out there. No one seems to know exactly how, or why, they were used (even Bob Finch wasn't sure). This one isn't warped; it was made with several curves in its handle on purpose. Very scarce. Has an early repair. Good. ($100-200).

Sliding-box chamfer plane.

Lot #482 (Sale Order 482 of 325)

Beautiful beech figure. 5¾" long. 2" I. Sorby iron. Scroll-work wedge & sliding box. Fine condition. ($50-90).

1870 bench or carver's clamp.

Lot #483 (Sale Order 483 of 325)

C.B CANFIELDS' PT and PAT'D MAY 3' 1870 on this early carver's bench hold-down clamp. Cast iron w/ 6" long, 23/32" dia. ribbed shaft and cam-lock lever. 6" reach. Good. ($60-90).

Phillips' Patent 1867 marking gauge.

Lot #484 (Sale Order 484 of 325)

Pat. Jan. 15. 1867 marked on 9" rosewood beam (Russell Phillips' Pat. No. 61,248). 2 sliding brass heads on opposite sides of the beam. Good. ($55-95).

“Champion” Mortising Machine, 1912 patent (another one).

Lot #485 (Sale Order 485 of 325)

CHAMPION MORTISER / J. LEUKART MFG. / COLUMBUS OHIO / PATD SEPT 10 1912. Mortising machines like this one became popular in the early 1900s for drilling the mortises for door locks. They lost favor in the early 1920s, when electric tools began to replace them. This machine is adjustable for length and depth of cut, and the width of cut is determined by the bit diameter; included are 3/4" and 1" bits. In use, the bit drops down incrementally after it makes each forward and backward pass. It takes about 3 minutes of hard cranking to cut a mortise with the machine. This one has an iron flywheel that assists in maintaining momentum. Original working condition, Good+. ($250-350).

Tower & Lyon / Chaplin's Pat. jointer plane.

Lot #486 (Sale Order 486 of 325)

TOWER & LYON / O.R. CHAPLIN'S PAT'S. of 1872 & 1876. Hard rubber handle, corrugated sole & bed. 22". Good. ($75-125).

Panel gauge with tapered roller guide.

Lot #487 (Sale Order 487 of 325)

Unusual handled panel gauge features a tapered roller that keeps the cutter pressed into the stock. Good+. ($50-100).

Stanley No. 60 cast iron marking gauge.

Lot #488 (Sale Order 488 of 325)

Unmarked (as most are) Stanley No. 60 marking gauge, in japanned cast iron. These are pretty scarce. Fine. ($50-100).

Stoddard Patent 1872 brass divider.

Lot #489 (Sale Order 489 of 325)

O. STODDARD / PAT'D. AUG. 27. 1872. on a brass divider with adjustable steel points. 7¾" closed; the legs will extend about another 3". Main point is reversible/replaceable. Good conditon. ($45-75).

"Dancing Master" lady-leg caliper.

Lot #490 (Sale Order 490 of 325)

6" lady's-leg caliper, also known as a "dancing master" caliper. Hand-wrought from a file. Nice job. Good+. ($60-120).

Early optician's "Count the Dots" vision testing device.

Lot #491 (Sale Order 491 of 325)

COUNT THE DOTS on the moving plate of an early vision-testing apparatus as you hold it up to your eye and peer throught the sight, moving the plate until it's in focus. It has a line of 10 progressively-smaller dots under those words. Has 2 scales, one labeled CONCAVE and the other CONVEX. About 10¾" long. Good+. ($45-90).

Goat's-head hammer.

Lot #492 (Sale Order 492 of 325)

Marked PAT. 74243, which was Mitteldorfer Straus' design patent of January 10, 1928 for a hammer head. Cast brass goat's-head hammer with original bright-orange handle. I seem to remember that these were premiums that came with sacks of flour in the early 1930s. 7-1/8" long handle; 3¾" long head from nose to end of claw. Good+. ($60-120).

Very early semi-circular axe head.

Lot #493 (Sale Order 493 of 325)

A semi-circular axe head of very old form. Almost certainly early 18th century, perhaps even 17th century. Nearly 11" across the widest point, 7½" from edge to top of eye. It has a heavy 3/8" by 1½" maker's stamp that you can just about read but not quite. Well-pitted, as something this old is prone to be, but still an attractive early piece. ($90-175).

Langlais Patent 1894 angle & bevel tool.

Lot #494 (Sale Order 494 of 325)

Langlais Patent June 12. 1894. Angle-layout & bevel tool. Wood handles (walnut?) are geared together such that moving one moves the other an equal amount and they stay at the same relative angle to the central blade. Quite uncommon. Would rate Fine if Mr. Miller hadn't etched his name on back of blade & handle. ($150-250).

Cantelo 8" folding-handle drawknife.

Lot #495 (Sale Order 495 of 325)

J.S. Cantelo Warranted 8" drawknife with handles that fold over the blade to protect its edge and your fingers, plus it takes up less room in your tool chest. One of the Cadillacs of drawknives. This one is the slide-button version (as opposed to the pull-knob version) to disengage the handle lock. Good. ($60-120).

Cantelo 8" folding-handle drawknife (another one).

Lot #496 (Sale Order 496 of 325)

J.S. Cantelo Boston Warranted Pat'd June 30 '91. 8" drawknife with handles that fold over the blade to protect its edge and your fingers, plus it takes up less room in your tool chest. One of the Cadillacs of drawknives. This one is the pull-knob version (as opposed to the slide-button version) to disengage the handle lock. ($60-120).

Miniature working blacksmith leg vise.

Lot #497 (Sale Order 497 of 325)

At a mere 19" tall w/ 2-1/8" jaws, this is the smallest working blacksmith leg vise I've ever seen. Nicely flared top flange is wedge-locked to vise. Vise leg has bolt hole for securing to bench. Hand-forged w/ chamfered edge decorations. No maker's mark. Few dings in top of jaws. Smooth operator. Sample or working model? ($200-400).

Stanley No. 62 low-angle bench plane.

Lot #498 (Sale Order 498 of 325)

Stanley No. 62 low-angle bench plane with adjustable mouth. Complete w/ adjustment cam. Good+ with some very fine pitting on the sole. Japanning is 88%. ($200-400).

Chapin-Stephens No. 036 combination rule with level.

Lot #499 (Sale Order 499 of 325)

The Chapins-Stephens Co. No. 036 1-foot, 2-fold boxwood rule with level and adjustable bevel blade with scales. Blade is clean & has no rust. Good++. ($150-250).

18th-C H•WETHERELL yankee plow plane.

Lot #500 (Sale Order 500 of 325)

H•WETHERELL/CHATHAM. 1785-1830. Yankee-style beech plow plane with riveted skate & fence arms. Decorative chasing around the steel skate. 9-5/8". Good+. ($250-400).

Blood-letting fleam with ebony striking mallet.

Lot #501 (Sale Order 501 of 325)

HOBSON marked on this fleam, or blood-letting instrument, with 3 blades in a brass case. Includes what is supposedly the striking mallet used with it. Oak mallet is 12.5" long, with the upper 3.5" being made of ebony, 1-3/8" in diameter. You might fear the mallet as much as the fleam. Good or better. ($75-135).

Twybill - timber-framer's tool.

Lot #502 (Sale Order 502 of 325)

Twybill (or twibil, or besaigue to the French) at a whopping 43½”, about as long as they come. 2" flat edge for paring the mortise sides on one end; 9/16" chopping edge for defining the mortise length on the other. The 5" side handle is not missing a wooden extension; at most it would have had a short knob to keep the hand from slipping off. Used by timber framers to cut mortises . An impressive tool. ($200-300).

Brass-bound rosewood level, probably a Stratton.

Lot #503 (Sale Order 503 of 325)

Unmarked but there's little doubt it's a Stratton Brothers product. 24" rosewood, fully bound in brass. Good. ($40-90).

Hickok bookbinder’s plow plane, unused.

Lot #504 (Sale Order 504 of 325)

W.O.HICKOK / HARRISBURG in a circle around a central star (1874-1890) on a bookbinder's plow plane, which has seen little, if any, use in its 119-year lifetime. Found in the basement of a building on historic Larimer Street in downtown Denver. Slight water stain on the very tips of the arms where it stood upright on a damp surface, otherwise Fine+. ($250-350).

2 horn-handled Addis carving gouges.

Lot #505 (Sale Order 505 of 325)

2 Addis & Sons fishtail carving gouges, both fitted with horn handles. Beautiful. Good. ($75-150).

"Do-Everything" articulated breast drill.

Lot #506 (Sale Order 506 of 325)

This unusual “universal” breast drill has more features than a mall’s movie theatre. It has two-speed gearing, forward & reverse ratcheting action, adjustable-torque crank arm, articulated joint for angle drilling, and provision for attaching a chain drill to minimize the effort needed to drill through pipe and heavy timbers. About the only thing it doesn’t have is a readable maker’s mark or patent date. It probably dates from the early 1900s. Has been cleaned. Good. ($75-150).

1905 Miller Patent hand mortising machine.

Lot #507 (Sale Order 507 of 325)

A. W. Miller Patent (#779,955 of January 10, 1905) lever-operated mortising machine for cutting lock mortises in doors. Adjustable for length of mortise. Each back-and-forth motion of the handle advances the depth incrementally till you reach the desired depth. It supposedly could cut a mortise in about two minutes, depending on the stamina of the operator. About 24" high. Good+. ($150-250).

Windsor beader with brass fittings, 1885.

Lot #508 (Sale Order 508 of 325)

Pat'd. March 10. 1885. June 2. 1885. Ebonized wood with brass hardware. Good. ($50-100).

18th C curved-blade side axe.

Lot #509 (Sale Order 509 of 325)

18thC French side axe with graphically curving blade. 12" long w/ 6½" edge. 5½ lbs. Overall pitting, but clean and nice. Good. ($60-120).

Stanley No. 98 brassbound rosewood level, 9" size.

Lot #510 (Sale Order 510 of 325)

Stanley No. 98 rosewood level with full brass binding. 1890s patent dates on brass plate. 9" size, which is tough to find. Center vial has been replaced. Fine. ($150-300).

Stratton Brothers 8" rosewood level.

Lot #511 (Sale Order 511 of 325)

Stratton Brothers / Greenfield, Mass. / Pat. Mch. 1, 1870 on their 8" fully-bound-in-brass rosewood level. Hang hole drilled through one end. Otherwise it's Good. ($70-150).

Artistic bronze speed indicator.

Lot #512 (Sale Order 512 of 325)

Artistic design cast into the bronze case of an r.p.m. counter or speed indicator. Ca. 1880s. 3½" long. Measures speed by pressing into the end of a rotating shaft. Good. ($35-70).

Brown & Sharpe speed indicator.

Lot #513 (Sale Order 513 of 325)

B & S Mfg. / Prov. R.I. / Pat Apld. For. 6" nickel-plated speed indicator w/ rosewood knob has registering dials on both sides. ca.1890s. Not very common by this maker; even more uncommon to find one that's double-sided. Good+. ($35-70).

Early 1800s wooden bitstock.

Lot #514 (Sale Order 514 of 325)

10" sweep on a classic European wooden bitstock from the early 19th-century. 14½" long without the bit pad. Some worm. Good. ($60-120).

18th-century coachmaker's door check plane.

Lot #515 (Sale Order 515 of 325)

WATSON (1792-1800) is the maker on a coachmaker's door check smooth plane. You'll notice that the cutter is skewed & canted so that its corner peeps out the corner of the sole & right side. It functions sort of like the Stanley No. 140 block plane. 7.5" long. Sharp and ready to use. Good+. ($40-85).

Marble's Arms magazine screwdriver.

Lot #516 (Sale Order 516 of 325)

MARBLE'S / Gladstone, Mich. 3 screwdriver blades pivot & store in the nickeled handle. Only one I've ever run across. Good+. ($75-125).

Sugar devil with 1875 patent.

Lot #517 (Sale Order 517 of 325)

Patd July 27 75 cast into the shaft of this sugar devil. A graphic, serious-looking tool with a benign purpose. Good+. ($75-125).

Hand-forged iron divider w/ ram's horn nut.

Lot #518 (Sale Order 518 of 325)

17" iron wing divider with brass rivet at joint and graphic ram's-horn nut on end of the wing. Chamfered & tapered legs. Overall light pitting. Good. ($80-130).

Wolf brand miner's safety lamp.

Lot #519 (Sale Order 519 of 325)

WOLF SAFETY LAMP CO. OF AMERICA, INC. NEW YORK, U.S.A. on brass disc soldered to the fuel tank. Has a hinged mirror to allow watching the lamp's flame from above. Good. ($150-225).

1858 angle attachment for a brace.

Lot #520 (Sale Order 520 of 325)

Patd Jan 5. 58. on Hill & Adams' Pat. No. 19028 for a bit holder for use in a brace when drilling in corners or other tight spaces. The wooden rollers have been added to show how it was illustrated in an 1800s advertisement. The rollers helped it move smoothly down a wall while drilling. 50% japan. Turns freely; you could use it today. Scarce. Good. ($50-100).

1896 angle attachment for a brace.

Lot #521 (Sale Order 521 of 325)

A.E. Rinn / Allentown PA / Pat. Jan. 14-96. Miester's Pat. No. 553124 was for an angle attachment for dental handpieces; it has been upscaled (11½") and furnished with a chuck for brace use. Turns freely. Good. ($50-100).

Lufkin No. 2062 24" boxwood rule with level.

Lot #522 (Sale Order 522 of 325)

U.S. Patent Dec.8.14. Lufkin No. 2062 Warranted Boxwod. 2-foot, 3-fold rule with brass level. Good. ($50-100).

Gerstner oak machinist's chest.

Lot #523 (Sale Order 523 of 325)

Oak machinist's chest by GERSTNER. 10½" deep x 16" high x 26" wide. 8 drawers + the top till. With key for lock. Clean inside. A few scratches on the outside, but overall really nice condition. ($275-375).

1857 Patent Darling & Schwartz try square.

Lot #524 (Sale Order 524 of 325)

D. & S. / BANGOR Me. / Pat. Oct. 6 1857 on a 6½" machinist's try square with rosewood infill. Small chip on handle bottom. Good. ($75-125).

Eagle sliding T-bevel.

Lot #525 (Sale Order 525 of 325)

EAGLE Kershaw Bros. Mfrs. Clev'd. O. 6" sliding T-bevel. Nickel-plated cast iron handle. Good. ($50-100).

Stanley Defiance No. 1212W tape measure, in display box.

Lot #526 (Sale Order 526 of 325)

Stanley No. 1212W 12' tape measure. Not listed in Walter. Comes in clear "Magna View" plastic case (marked Stanley) and dealer display cardboard box (somewhat soiled & worn). Tape measure is Mint. ($50-100).

Woodrough & McParlin sliding T bevel.

Lot #527 (Sale Order 527 of 325)

Woodrough & McParlin / Cincinnati. etched on 8" blade of this sliding T-bevel. Same guys who made the "panther-head" saw. Early repair to the wood stock and point of blade off, so... Good-. ($50-100).

Massive 18th-Century felling axe.

Lot #528 (Sale Order 528 of 325)

Huge, old French felling axe. Hand forged, of course. 15" long w/ 9½" edge. Weighs an impressive 9 pounds. Overall pitting is appropriate for its age & use. Good. ($75-150).

Plane maker's "mother" plane.

Lot #529 (Sale Order 529 of 325)

1 3/8 is the only mark on this beech plane maker's "mother" plane, used to make other planes--in this case, a large side bead. Has a removable fence and a pull hole in front so that the apprentice can pull the plane while the master guides it. Fine-. ($75-150).

Stanley No. 96 blind-nailing tool.

Lot #530 (Sale Order 530 of 325)

The STANLEY marked on the side of this "chisel gauge" or "blind-nailer" indicates this is a Type 2 (1907-15), if that makes a difference to you. Good-. ($100-175).

Bewley/Leeds planemaker's cod plane.

Lot #531 (Sale Order 531 of 325)

Bewley / Leeds is the maker on this scarce early 1800s cod plane, a planemaker's plane. See Whelan's The Wooden Plane. Cutting edge is a semi-circle. Beech, w/ wide, flat chamfers. Pull hole in front for cord or stick. Good+. ($35-75)

Rabone No. 1190 36" boxwood rule with level & protractor.

Lot #532 (Sale Order 532 of 325)

Rabone No. 1190 Boxwood. 3-foot, 4-fold rule with brass level and brass protractor joint. Mint. ($75-150).

Salesman's sample Gates V-belt.

Lot #533 (Sale Order 533 of 325)

Gates Vulco V-Belt 700 salesman's sample drive belt. Ca.1950s. 4¼" top to bottom. The real #700 belt is 43¼" long and fits 1937-52 Chevys according to the printing on back of cardboard sleeve. Good+ w/ piece of tape on one side of sleeve. ($50-100).

Broom maker's vise & hammer.

Lot #534 (Sale Order 534 of 325)

Broom maker's tools: a 15" oak broom maker's vise with wooden screws, and what looks like the standard-issue broom maker's hammer. As my friend Bob Finch used to describe 'em: tight black oxide on the hammer surfaces. Good. ($40-90).

Leistner 30-oz reversible brass plumb bob.

Lot #535 (Sale Order 535 of 325)

P. LEISTNER / ST. CHARLES, MO. 30-oz. turnip-shaped 5" brass plumb bob with reversible steel point. Good, with typical dents & dings. ($50-100).

C.W. Reeves butt & rabbet gauge.

Lot #536 (Sale Order 536 of 325)

Made by C.W. Reeves, New Bitain, CT. Ca. 1880s. I've only seen one other. Nickel-plated steel. 3 stems are 2¾" long. A lot of marking packed into a very small package. Good+. ($35-65).

1883 screw thread & pitch gauge.

Lot #537 (Sale Order 537 of 325)

J. WYKE & CO. / E. BOSTON. MASS. U.S.A / PAT. SEPT. 11. 1883. 4" long screw thread, pitch, and center gauge.. Good++. ($60-100).

One of the rarest of bicycle spoke wrenches, 1890 patent!

Lot #538 (Sale Order 538 of 325)

PAT MAY 27 1890. Nickel-plated spoke vise. Frederick Avery's Pat. No. 429,105. It's one of the rarest spoke wrenches because so few recognize it for what it is, and because it was patented as a vise rather than wrench. 5/8" square x 2-1/8" long w/ the wing screw being 1½" wide (slot in wing fits the spoke nipple). Included is 1976 correspondence from Roger Smith to Bob Finch regarding the vise. Fine. ($60-120).

Wilkinson 8" folding drawknife, Fine.

Lot #539 (Sale Order 539 of 325)

A.J. Wilkinson & Co. Boston-Warranted / Patented July 16, 1895 drawknife with folding handles, in the 8" size. Fine. ($60-120).

Stanley No. 44 bit & square level.

Lot #540 (Sale Order 540 of 325)

Stanley / Pat. Nov. 16, 1886 No. 44 level attachment for use on squares & auger bits. Patent date marked on the head of the screw; Stanley name marked on inside rim. Cast brass. Good+ . ($35-70).

Macadamizing hammer.

Lot #541 (Sale Order 541 of 325)

A special macadamizing hammer or macadam hammer, developed in the early 1800s to shape the rocks used in stone-paved roads. (If you "Google" macadam road, then click on the Wikipedia link, you'll see a painting in which the men in the foreground are all using these hammers.) Scarce. Good. ($60-120).

Stanley No. 92 cabinetmaker's rabbet plane.

Lot #542 (Sale Order 542 of 325)

Stanley No. 92 cabinetmaker's rabbet plane with 1" cutter. Made in U.S.A. Except for a bit of nickel flaking at the toe it rates a solid Fine. ($75-125)

Lufkin No. 2051 12" boxwood rule with level.

Lot #543 (Sale Order 543 of 325)

U.S. Patent Dec.8.14. Lufkin No. 2051 Warranted Boxwod. 1-foot, 3-fold rule with brass level. Mint. ($75-125).

Stanley No. 45 combination plane, in wood box.

Lot #544 (Sale Order 544 of 325)

Stanley No. 45 combination plane. Type 7, 1896-1906. Complete with 18 cutters in their box, cam stop, long & short rods, & depth stops. Nickel plating is 90%+. Wood box has fragments of label and no lid. A complete, solid plane, but rates only Good because it needsa bath. ($135-195).

1880s quick-adjust machinist's outside caliper.

Lot #545 (Sale Order 545 of 325)

PAT. JAN. 4, 1887 on leg and PAT. APLD. FOR on the nut of this 4" quick-adjusting outside spring caliper. Not listed in Cope's "American Machinist's Tool Illustrated Driectory of Patents." Good+. ($75-125).

Starrett No. 815 ball pein hammer w/ magnifying lens.

Lot #546 (Sale Order 546 of 325)

THE L. S. STARRETT CO. / NO. 815 / PAT. NO. 2,286,859 (June 16, 1942). 7-inch "magnifying point spotting hammer". Used to increase accuracy in placing your center punch on the mark prior to striking it. Polished hammer faces. Flat black finish. Fine. ($75-125).