Someones got a big bank account!

[OPJ]

Hopefully, you'll at least use them to build a lovely display cabinet :wink: - and share the full WIP with us!

 

[Nicholas Dalberg]

Hopefully, you'll at least use them to build a lovely display cabinet :wink: - and share the full WIP with us!

i posted a photo of the like for like copy of the H.O. Studley tool cabinet I made on the "other forum" here http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread. ... 5#poststop
you may like to scroll down sorry about the quality of the photo and I cant take anymore as some gent from the states offered me serious bucks for it and it is now out of the country yet I may make another as I have all the ivory MOP and rosewood ebony cuban mahogany etc still available :lol:

 

[Jason Pettitt]

Shavings please - or it never happened.

 

[MickCheese]

I cannot see that photo as I have log in issues with Saw Mill Creek. Can someone post it as it sounds interesting from the description.

By the way, welcome to the site.

Mick

 

[woodbloke]

...to use them is almost criminal.

Why :? I'd use them if they were mine. Otherwise, what's the point? If the objective is to make money, then there are other things that will increase in value to a greater degree than woodworking tools.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

I agree with Paul, they are tools and meant to be used. Karl (who is a member here btw) would wholeheartedly agree. I used Mr C's 982 at Rycotewood a couple months ago:

and they are things of true beauty and precision. The motor analogy again springs to mind...those that can afford to drive a Rolls Royce Phantom use it every day - Rob

 

[woodguy7]

I also have log in issues with sawmill creek. Would second that request for the pics to be posted here

Woodguy.

 

[newt]

Due to the world wide recession all woodworking tools will plummet in value.

 

[Nicholas Dalberg]

is there a primer on posting photo's here i will gladly put it up
meanwhile there is the original box here on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9QaFTI2F9c

 

[Racers]

Hi, Nicholas

Welcome

Here you go https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/addi ... 14776.html Can I borrow a plane? :wink:

Link fixed

Pete

 

[woodbloke]

Due to the world wide recession all woodworking tools will plummet in value.

Probably true Pete...but what goes down must eventually go up. If a Holtey (or JK plane :wink: for that matter) were bought as along term investment, then the value would undoubtedly go up...but by how much compared to other investments is the question?
Another example. If one were to purchase a complete set of like numbered anniversary Cliffi's from Matthew as a long term investment...by how much would they increase in value in say, 15 years?- Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

Due to the world wide recession all woodworking tools will plummet in value.

Probably true Pete...but what goes down must eventually go up. If a Holtey (or JK plane :wink: for that matter) were bought as along term investment, then the value would undoubtedly go up...but by how much compared to other investments is the question?
Another example. If one were to purchase a complete set of like numbered anniversary Cliffi's from Matthew as a long term investment...by how much would they increase in value in say, 15 years?- Rob

Frankly, I think talk of buying modern-day planes as an investment is a bit of a nonsence. All the while Karl Holtey, Clifton, LN, Konrad Sauer, etc., etc are making planes and you can order a new one, why would the value of an existing one go up :? You need demand and very limited supply for values to rocket and you simply don't have that where modern-day planes are concerned.

Better to use them to make expensive cabinets and sell those :wink: And you still have the plane to sell in years to come if you really want to get rid of it - even after years of use it will still be almost as good as new.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[wizer]

Yes, I think the only situation prices would exceed new would be in limited editions or those with special 'features' etc. To earn money on them you'd be better off putting them in a time capsule for your great great grandkids. Then they'll be worth something significant.

 

[woodbloke]

You need demand and very limited supply for values to rocket and you simply don't have that where modern-day planes are concerned.


Cheers :wink:

Paul

You have something there Paul, provided the makers are still breathing. But what if they're recently deceased? Whilst I never bought my Krenov plane a couple of years ago as an investment...what would that be worth now? - Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

You need demand and very limited supply for values to rocket and you simply don't have that where modern-day planes are concerned.


Cheers :wink:

Paul

You have something there Paul, provided the makers are still breathing. But what if they're recently deceased? Whilst I never bought my Krenov plane a couple of years ago as an investment...what would that be worth now? - Rob

Dunno - but even if you were to get a good price for it, I doubt that you would feature in the Sunday Times Rich List :lol:

If it were mine, I'd keep it - given who made it, and the fact that you like his work, it's just nice to have 8)

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

You need demand and very limited supply for values to rocket and you simply don't have that where modern-day planes are concerned.


Cheers :wink:

Paul

You have something there Paul, provided the makers are still breathing. But what if they're recently deceased? Whilst I never bought my Krenov plane a couple of years ago as an investment...what would that be worth now? - Rob

Dunno - but even if you were to get a good price for it, I doubt that you would feature in the Sunday Times Rich List :lol:

If it were mine, I'd keep it - given who made it, and the fact that you like his work, it's just nice to have 8)

Cheers :wink:

Paul

Agreed, I'd only sell it if it would get me one of these:

Whadaya think?..would Hudson be able to get 8' planks in the back? :lol: - Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

Whadaya think?..

Very tasty 8) 8)

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[wizer]

praps not in that particular colour tho, eh chaps

 

[jimi43]

praps not in that particular colour tho, eh chaps

Actually Tom...only Bentley could choose lime and get a superb tint of the colour that really works...I would have a lime one mate...but then...that's just me...

I would also build a cupboard for it and put it next to my James Bond Aston with the little plastic man that pops out of the.......

:wink:

Jim

 

[woodbloke]

praps not in that particular colour tho, eh chaps

...if it's good enough for Festool :wink: - Rob

 

[Chems]

Its a bit morose, but I imagine Hotleys will go up in price after Mr H passes on and a fair few years have passed. So realistically you wouldn't reap the rewards in your own lifetime if you bought one now.

I mean certain Stanley planes fetch massive amounts, rare ones, Mr H has already said he's only producing a limited number of certain types of planes, and its unlikely that in the years to come there will be people making planes using the same process as he does now. Manufacturing will have moved on again, people will sit on forums and say how much better quality control was of the single man working on his own in 2010 than it is now in 2090, that is if they are still using wood and planing it by hand.