Elaborated tool

[bugbear]

http://blog.lostartpress.com/2010/12/10 ... Plane.aspx

BugBear

 

[Pvt_Ryan]

I think
http://www.catharinekennedy.com/#planes

is the better link..

 

[Alf]

Taking a risk asking this, but am I the only person who really doesn't like these engraved tools? I admire the skill and workmanship, but the finished article leaves me cold. It's like Wayne Anderson's planes - again, consummate craftsmanship, but I find them a bit... florid.

All right, all right, don't throw things. I'll get my (plain) coat...

 

[Pvt_Ryan]

I think they're ok but I wouldn't pay to get my planes done.

 

[Richard T]

I'd been thinking about engraving V. stamping/punching. It would mean being able to put any information on any sized tool without having to buy more and more different sized stamps.
Bound to get out of hand very quickly though.
(hammer)

 

[jimi43]

Yet again I find myself agreeing with ALF....(I don't get paid ya know! :mrgreen: )

The skill is astounding and in the right place, very subtle engraving can enhance the tool.

I think that it is purely a matter of taste but I find the extent to which these are engraved is way over the top...but hey...they're these guys tools...

I don't stick go faster stripes on me Focus either! (homer)

Jim

PS...anyone wanting to rid themselves of this type of abuse can send their 1/25 Clifton to me to destroy... :wink:

 

[Harbo]

Not for me either - too much bling!

A definite turn off.

Rod

 

[matthewwh]

I wonder what they will come up with next, first there's veritas with their purple prototypes, now this.

Maybe it'll be tactical planes with checkered grips, gun blued irons and desert cam japanning?

Or maybe bandsaws with big chromed spinners on the wheels and flames airbrushed on the table?

You never know with those 'murcans.

 

[eoinsgaff]

I also agree with ALF. One needs to know where to stop. For me the mitre plane with the damascus steel is Andersons best piece of work as the patination (if thats the right word) looks positively luscious. And still one might argue that it is too fussy.

Other planes of his are ruined with sickly sweet over elaborate flourishes which are definitely too much. I find his use of ivory almost vulgar.

However, one has to acknowledge the fantastic craftsmanship and consider that extent to which he goes may be commercially orientated. I guess there must be a market for these tools and despite my cribbing I doubt I would be able to return one if it appeared in my lap.

Eoin

 

[jimi43]

Anderson's planes are where I disagree with ALF...(she didn't pay me...cheque in the post! Huh! Yeh right! :wink: )

I love those...

The Damascas steel ones need polishing to get all those rings off the sides but otherwise superb! :mrgreen: :wink: :ho2

Seriously though...Ivory...now...is that new ivory...? Or recycled old ivory?

I can't see ivory working very well as a wedge...I prefer box...it looks nicer...or ebony.

Lovely craftsmanship though...not working tools IMHO.

Jim

 

[yetloh]

Give the guy a break! He is making for Americans you know.

I wouldn't want one but at least he is doing his own thing rather than copying someone else, unlike some of their makers.

Jim

 

[kirkpoore1]

Or maybe bandsaws with big chromed spinners on the wheels and flames airbrushed on the table?

You never know with those 'murcans.

You mean like this?

Anonymous, ducking behind the can of cherry red metal flake paint...

 

[pedder]

Taking a risk asking this, but am I the only person who really doesn't like these engraved tools?

Hi Alf,

I really like Catharine's work, but pictures don't do justice to it. You have to see the real tool to get the right impression. How I know? :roll:

I think the perfect use for engraving is at the sides of block planes, where it would improve the grip.

Cheers
Pedder

 

[heimlaga]

I am with Alf.
If the tool is a hand crafted one off I can fathom the idea than some maker would like to decorate his work. In fact I have made such decorations myself a couple of times just to test what it would be like.
Otherwise I prefere tools to be plain.

Maybe he shold have gone for the tattoo instead.........a tattoo of a Stanley number 5

 

[Alf]

Well it's slightly comforting to know I'm not alone. It's an odd one though, because I don't object to decoration per se. I think it's decoration that has nothing to say about the times we live in now that maybe fails to engage me. A plane from the 1700s with the date elaborately carved into it says something about its place in history somehow. Harking back to old style decoration now doesn't say anything but that, possibly, we're bereft of new ideas. I'd sooner see a plane with a built-in USB stick. Or one made to look like a computer mouse.

 

[jimi43]

Or one made to look like a computer mouse.

Ideal if you make a lot of WINDOWS!

:mrgreen:

Coat? :ho2

Jim

 

[dunbarhamlin]

Haven't the good folks at Veritas already done that?