http://www.violinmaking-planes.com Violin makers planes and other small hand planes Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:41:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/44/3-signed-violinmaker%e2%80%99s-planes-with-ivory-wedges/ http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/44/3-signed-violinmaker%e2%80%99s-planes-with-ivory-wedges/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 07:56:44 +0000 Administrator http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/?p=44 http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/44/3-signed-violinmaker%e2%80%99s-planes-with-ivory-wedges/feed/ 0 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 [...] http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/52/otner-botner-whale-shaped-finger-plane/ http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/52/otner-botner-whale-shaped-finger-plane/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 15:01:43 +0000 Administrator http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/?p=52 http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/52/otner-botner-whale-shaped-finger-plane/feed/ 0 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 [...] http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/45/ibex-violin-makers-planes/ http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/45/ibex-violin-makers-planes/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 22:44:05 +0000 Administrator http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/?p=45 http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/45/ibex-violin-makers-planes/feed/ 0 Ibex violin makers planes have been somewhat of a standard for modern luthiers. Originally designed by guitar maker Irving Sloane, these planes are cast in silicon bronze and feature either a flat or a curved bottom design for the precise shaping that is needed when making violins, lutes, guitars or other stringed instruments. The particular [...] http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/24/five-fancy-engraved-violinmakers-planes/ http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/24/five-fancy-engraved-violinmakers-planes/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:22:37 +0000 Administrator http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/?p=24 http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/24/five-fancy-engraved-violinmakers-planes/feed/ 0 The swirling lines and attractive stippled background look great on these five modern violin maker's planes. Cast in gunmetal and carefully engraved by someone who obviously knows what they're doing, these violin planes bear the name "M Weston" on the side, possibly being the name of the maker himself or the owner (though we suspect [...]