Violinmaking Planes 
3 Signed Violinmaker’s Planes With Ivory Wedges
With ivory wedges held in place by steel pins, these nicely proportioned violin “finger” planes have been cast from bronze. Similar in design to the violin planes made by Herdim, these planes have all been marked with “TH” inside a diamond shaped border. The ivory wedges are simple affairs. Not as refined as some wedges [...]
Bill Carter – 100 Miniature Boxwood Planes
Well, 100 miniature boxwood planes, plus a couple of dozen more for good measure. The extras aren’t just made from boxwood though as there are one or two made from other woods, such as lignum vitae. Bill Carter is a master planemaker who has been making all kinds of planes for the past 25 years [...]
Otner Botner Whale-Shaped Finger Plane
These fanciful solid brass whale-shaped instrument maker’s finger planes show up from time to time on eBay and auction houses. Made in the early 1980′s by Otner Botner in Rhode island, they’re eagerly snapped up whenever they appear on the market. This Otner Botner plane is in excellent shape and in fine working order (although [...]
Hammacher Schlemmer & Co. Violinmaker’s Plane
Here we feature a beautiful, near mint condition violinmaker’s plane by Hammacher Schlemmer & Co. Made from nickel-plated brass, this 2-3/8″ long handled violin plane, with an 11/16″ wide iron, has hardly been used. The attractively turned ivory knob is around 1-5/16″ in diameter. Founded in 1848, Hammacher Schlemmer was, and still is, an established [...]
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