For Y'all Antique Tools At Bob's Tool Box Inwards Cornwall.

Written By admin Monday, November 26, 2018 Edit

I've been inwards Cornwall this calendar week in addition to no trip to this lovely county would endure consummate without a trip to Bob's Tool Box inwards Liskeard. It's situated inwards a dyad of shops / sheds past times the cattle marketplace in addition to he's ever at that topographic point on a Thursday, a proficient solar daytime to call!

Here's Bob helping out a customer, he's been working alongside forest tools all his life in addition to knows his stuff. I heard enough of the local Cornish accent on my view precisely non from Bob, he's Scottish. Once nosotros convey a squeamish jump solar daytime the shorts come upward out in addition to remain out no affair how mutual frigidity it gets and today's bracing current of air must convey been a chip of a challenge on his articulatio genus caps, precisely in addition to thence coming from Scotland (kilts in addition to all) he used to it. There are iii or four rooms packed alongside stuff, if you lot solely expect circular in 1 lawsuit you'll missy thence much.

I unearthed this super large Moxon vice (or thence I thought). Bob explained it was truly a massive volume press in addition to the ii grooves inwards the left paw jaw of the film were used to take away a exceptional wooden bird to practice the squeamish fifty-fifty crease to the pages of a shut one-time book, fascinating.
Book press or non it would all the same brand a cracking Moxon vice!

Now I knew what this was, an one-time coopers plane, a monster to lift. At nearly 6' long you'd convey to endure superman to savor using this, except of course of written report the bird is stationary alongside 1 end propped up on a tripod in addition to the barrel staves are consider the plane.

The blade is 4" broad in addition to most were blacksmith made alongside no advert stamp. This 1 was by Isaac Greaves in addition to was made from Electro Orasic Steel, to a greater extent than investigation into that needed, although Bob said he had come across this steel before.

Here are roughly shots from within the shops.

These are my purchases, a fine Matheison 1" shoulder plane, a smoother stamped J. Bruford Plymouth, a tool dealer precisely plainly made past times Slater in addition to a really pretty unnamed chariot plane.

I also picked upward a few bird irons the most interesting of which were these two. The circular topped Fe is good stamped Samuel Newbold, I'm certain this is early on precisely volition necessitate to expect it upward when I cash inwards one's chips home. The other is a really early on Ward Fe alongside matching chipbreaker.

The nicest tool I bought was this surgeons saw. Bob tempted me every bit I was walking out, straightaway I know zip most these precisely tin recognise a character tool when I consider one. It has an one-time Indian rosewood pistol traveling pocket grip in addition to the hole is angle to conform correct handed use, it's the most comfortable saw I've ever held. The blade is master copy in addition to at that topographic point is no overall harm precisely I suspect the ii screws asset the blade are replacements.
The teeth are all inwards proficient venture precisely a long means from sharp, I would't convey liked to convey been the terminal someone this saw was used on!