Preston shaves?

[mahking51]

This is this weeks car boot haul, any info would be welcome.

Both have the original Preston irons, not sure whether the screw is original on one.
Regards
martin

 

[Matt1245]

Sorry can't offer any advise, but looks like you have made a good buy. Can i ask how much you got them for?

Matt.

 

[MikeW]

Nice shaves, Martin!

The closed handle one would have had a thumb screw as well. But very nice indeed.

 

[Waka]

So what about the drill?

 

[mahking51]

Waka
Drill doesn't count, not the least bit gloat worthy!
Martin

 

[llangatwgnedd]

So what about the drill?

What theres more ?

 

[mahking51]

SP, Yep, there was a Stanley breast hand drill for a £1, handles need refinishing and a general clean but nothing unusual.
Martin

 

[Chris Knight]

Someone else that attends a higher class of boot sales than I have ever come across!

The straight handled shave is just like one I paid a dealer £30 for! (If it has a nice curved sole)

(Bootsales round here sell stuff I would be ashamed to be seen putting in my dustbin!)

 

[Alf]

So Dorset then, nice place to live is it? Much more expensive than Cornwall? Any tips on good Estate Agents to try? ](*,)

Thank heavens I got my Preston shave for nothing or I'd be really upset. :roll:

Cheers, Alf

 

[Waka]

Thank heavens I got my Preston shave for nothing or I'd be really upset. :roll:

Cheers, Alf

Was that the same pace you got the 55?

 

[Alf]

Thank heavens I got my Preston shave for nothing or I'd be really upset. :roll:

Cheers, Alf

Was that the same pace you got the 55?

Ho ho... :roll: I do not own a #55. I have never owned a #55. I have seen one once, but the necessary lettuce was absent at the time. I don't want to talk about it. A space is waiting for when #55 should appear in my vicinity while the lettice harvest is good, but I don't hold out much hope. I may be doomed to be #55-less for the rest of my days. I try not to think about it.

Sobbing quietly in a corner, #55-less Alf

 

[Chris Knight]

Thank heavens I got my Preston shave for nothing or I'd be really upset.

You really suck!

 

[DaveL]

#55-less Alf

How about this one?

You need to bid here, but its more than I would want to pay!](*,)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6199682711&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
I can hear the shocked groans from Alf towers up here in Suffolk. 8-[

 

[Alf]

No I don't. I might have done the first time I told the tale, but not on the second telling. :wink:

Cheers, Alf

 

[Alf]

Gott in himmel, Dave. Are you trying to kill me with dehydration brought on by excessive drooling?! :shock: The chest of drawers for the irons is a gem, isn't it? Too bad the seller doesn't know which way the fences go... :roll: :lol:

Cheers, Alf

 

[Chris Knight]

OK,
I had forgotten.

 

[DaveL]

The chest of drawers for the irons is a gem, isn't it?

Alf do you know if that box with the chest is as supplied or was it made by one of the owners? It is a very nice way of storing the irons.

Too bad the seller doesn't know which way the fences go... :roll: :lol:

I had to look twice at that the first time I saw it, I have been watching this from when the bids were at < £50 :roll:

 

[Alf]

The chest of drawers for the irons is a gem, isn't it?

Alf do you know if that box with the chest is as supplied or was it made by one of the owners? It is a very nice way of storing the irons.

Owner-made I believe. And yes, it is rather a nice solution, isn't it?

Cheers, Alf

 

[MikeW]

Here are two more boxes for 55s. The larger is for a Stanley. The smaller is for a Sargent version of the 55.

Apologies for the poor pictures--they aren't mine. But I was keeping them for examples for making my own replacement box...

 

[Alf]

That method of storing the cutters in the Stanley one is a recipe for Elastoplast sales I reckon. The Lewin does something similar, and I've lost count of the number of times I've been bitten by them, FWIW. But I like the fact you can store the plane assembled; again something in common with the Lewin. I came very close to pulling the trigger on a Sargent once, but I couldn't bring myself to go for the pierced metal fence handles over the Stanley's rosewood. And I claim to be a user... :roll:

Cheers, Alf