in mourning-for a plane!!

[wastrel]

I was in Axminster the other day and knocked one off a stand...nearly £400

BBF

Could you fill me in here Ray, cos I really wanna see a 400 smackers block plane?
is Axminster a place or shop?

The one I knocked over was only a small thing. Looking on their web site the block planes are under £200.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/

BBF

Thanks for the link Ray (Ha! I knew you were an old rocker at heart ) good website that, some good items for sale & some interesting projects, should keep me busy as I'm on my travels again, 11hr shifts & stuck in accommodation on me own (again) with nowt but a laptop for company. That Donald Trump wants his pound of flesh let me tell you. Cheers.

[Blackbaronfish]

I can spend hours in that shop as they do demonstrations

BBF

[FPoole]

Really attached to my claw hammers. Most are older than I am and have been re handled many times. I also have a roofing hatchet that was sold by a hardware store in San Francisco. I looked up the company and it went under with the 1906 earthquake. I once tried the metal handled hatchets only to find I had a very sore elbow all the time. I went back to wooden handles and the pain left. New isn't always better.