ttalma
Well-known member
A question I posted about handsaws got me thinking about colling tools. I have a large number of tools, so many that I have been selling them off on ebay because I have been tripping over the boxes of them in my shop. I counted the molding planes and I had about 200 I'd never used, 7 stanley 45's, etc.
While selling them I have been supprised at what a handful have been bringing. Most have sold in the $20-$30 range, but a few have sold for a few hundred.
When I bought them I bought them with the intention of using them, not display or reselling them.
So this got my wondering do any of you collect tools, as in buy and display, but never intending to use? Or do you buy tools planing to use them? Do you pay more for a makers mark, or somthing along those lines when you can get an equivalent plane by another maker for a lot less? So what's your opinion on collecting?
While selling them I have been supprised at what a handful have been bringing. Most have sold in the $20-$30 range, but a few have sold for a few hundred.
When I bought them I bought them with the intention of using them, not display or reselling them.
So this got my wondering do any of you collect tools, as in buy and display, but never intending to use? Or do you buy tools planing to use them? Do you pay more for a makers mark, or somthing along those lines when you can get an equivalent plane by another maker for a lot less? So what's your opinion on collecting?