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Five Fancy Engraved Violinmaker’s Planes

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 [...]

Beech Violin Maker’s Plane By H. R. West

Here we have an American user-made violinmaker’s plane by H.R. West. Made from beech wood and measuring only about 1 3/4″ long, it has been constructed in two halves and “pinned” together with wooden dowels (possibly walnut). Though not the “traditional” method of hand plane construction, it is, nonetheless, a very valid one — especially [...]