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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 [...]

G.E. Scarr Violinmaker’s Planes

Belonging to collector and tool seller, Jim Bode, these G.E. Scarr violin maker’s planes are in near mint, and practically unused, condition and come complete with their original red japanning. Made from gunmetal, the largest plane is 2 1/8″ long and has a 3/4″ iron, the middle plane is 1 5/8″ long with a 9/16″ [...]