Hi Dana, >> You can find nice planes in >> "antique" stores for about $25 or $30
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on long island the price is much higher in any antique store, and most of em would require serious work to be capable of making dust (rather than gathering it). Seems the interior decorators in these parts like old tools for atmosphere. Dana, I think hand tools become decorator items when the decorators' clients no longer use tools. I live in an industrial city where people use tools every day, so having one on your coffee table would just look like you were too lazy to put it back in the workshop. People here would think it was a little weird. I know of one guy whose last name is Stanley who has an antique Stanley plane on his mantle, but that's sort of a special case. I would have no trouble picking up a half-dozen old planes in decent condition for the prices I mentioned. When I refer to antique stores, by the way, I'm talking about glorified flea markets where you can find everything from your parents travel souvenirs to cookware from 30 years ago. I'm in the Midwest, where anything more than 50 years old seems to be considered an antique. We don't have much in the way of real antiques around here. Tim To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
