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MELBOURNE TOOL COMPANY SPOKESHAVES

The Melbourne Tool Company (MTC) already has a range of planes in their growing stable of tools. The latest addition to the tool chest is a set of flat and curved soled spokeshaves.

The first thing you notice out of the box with these spokeshaves is the delightful anthropomorphic nature of the design. The knurled brass adjustment wheels on each side look like eyes, while the centre adjustment dial looks like a snub nose, leaving the mouth of the spokeshave to look like a mouth!

In the hand the spokeshaves have more heft to them than any other spokeshave on the market. This is because the body of the spokeshave and the cap iron are made from cast stainless steel. This bodes well for

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