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    THE ROMANCE OF TOOLS

    Jun 12, 2020 4 minutes
    By Ritchie Wilson
    Photographs: Ritchie Wilson

    Many sheds have things on their shelves that are visually interesting but not strictly useful — perhaps a torque wrench the sheddie made during their apprenticeship, a tool or toolbox that was their father’s or grandfather’s, or an antique mechanical curiosity of some kind.

    Most woodworkers lucky enough to own a very valuable Stanley No. 1 bench plane or a Sargent No. 1507 Ladybug rebate plane would have it on display rather than be using it. These two planes command such high prices that modern reproductions of them are available.

    Valuable antique tools

    Some sheds, of course, have more than just a few ‘display only’ tools and their owners may have

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