Primus Improved Smoothing Plane


Tom King

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I bought these new in the mid '70s, and never used them much at all.  There is light surface rust on the iron, and the finish is not perfect.  Other than that, they will work just as good as a new one.  I can sharpen the iron if you like.

No longer for sale

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I bought these Primus planes when I was a young man.  I never got them to work very well for very long.  They were just put away, and mostly forgotten about.

I figured that I had gotten a lot better at sharpening these days than I was 40 years ago, so I sharpened the iron.

Long story shortened, I'll be keeping this one.

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42 minutes ago, Tom King said:

I bought these Primus planes when I was a young man.  I never got them to work very well for very long.  They were just put away, and mostly forgotten about.

I figured that I had gotten a lot better at sharpening these days than I was 40 years ago, so I sharpened the iron.

Long story shortened, I'll be keeping this one.

its good to know that in 30 or 40 years I might be happy enough with my sharpening skills :) 

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