Recent content by FrederickH

Almost NOS. May need honed but set is from the 1970s. Priced at $320 USD.

I've got a pair of heavy brass/walnut marking knives that I'm not using. The top one is slightly used and the bottom one is basically new. The blade extends the entire length of the handle. This knife excels at marking the layout of dovetails. I'd like $45 for the used one and $50 for the new...

I'm currently working on carving a full shell pattern into a 8x8x3" block of white pine and am about to carve out the interior(concave) portion of the shell. When practicing with my bent gouges, it doesn't quite "feel" right, when pushing the gouge into the bowl of the shell. I want to "stand on...

I picked up this smallish desk at the local auction and was wondering what region of the country it came from. The feet look vaguely familiar and there was a Virginia lottery ticket in the back of the cubby holes. It's solid mahogany, from top to bottom, and inside out. The drawers are stamped...

I have an extra copy of "The Historic Furniture of Deerfield" by Dean Fales, Jr in excellent condition. It is a first edition, 1976, and has the original dust jacket. The dust jacket is a bit sun-faded on the spine and has a few small tears at the bottom. I would rate this book at a 9.9/10...

In the process of going through "old" plans and drawings, I came across several bookmarks that I obtained from the Williamsburg Foundation. These were from the exhibit "Tools Working Wood in the Eighteenth-Century America" that was held in the Foundation's DeWitt Wallace Gallery from January...

I am looking for a set of detailed plans/drawings for a Chippendale mirror with a pieced Phoenix crest and I want to be as historically accurate as possible.. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I purchased a NIB set of 10 of these about 10-12 years ago, on eBay, with the intention of using them for a project. I managed to do the carvings with the Swiss-Made tools that I had, put these away, and have just recently "discovered" them. When they arrived, I knocked off the sharp edges of...

Does anyone know if there are drawings for the construction of this finial at Williamsburg? What would be the best way to duplicate this? Would I need two drawings (flat side and corner-down side profile)? My neighbor wants me to make one for the top of his pergola. TIA

I've purchased a period bed (1865), to use with a queen size mattress, and was wondering what would be the best way to fit this size of mattress to the bed with a minimum of modifications. The bed is made of walnut, has high poster, cannonball, bedposts. The inside dimensions of the bed are 5'...

Why would someone pay $88.00 for this??? http://www.ebay.com/itm/260836508305?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

I would appreciate any information on this plane that I have. It appears to be used for making the groves for inlay. One cutter is 1/8" and the other one is 1/16" wide. The fence can be used on curved surfaces or straight ones. In 32 years of collecting/using planes, this is the first one of...

I've acquired a set of 18 (9 sets) married hollows and round planes and am in the process of tuning them up to use. About half of the rounds (produce a convex shape) have their two, outer, points of the iron exposed. In other words, when I use them, the points dig into the profile I'm trying to...