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Sappy Cocobolo Violin Plane

A tiny, yet nice and simple, violinmaker’s plane made out of one piece of cocobolo. This plane has a sapwood sole which contrasts nicely with the richer, darker heart wood. Not that the softer sapwood is really going to wear out that fast anyway. Cocobolo is quite a hard, dense timber so it should hold [...]

Hammacher Schlemmer & Co. – No. 1 Violin Plane

Here are a pair of violin making planes signed “HS & Co.” which were marketed by Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. at the turn of the 20th Century.
Both of these tiny little planes have a body only 1″ long and an iron measuring 3/8″ wide. Although they’re the same model number (a No. 1 can clearly [...]