11/16 Winthrop became The Carpenter's Dream (if he's metric that is...)

[honed]

A German-made Winthrop blade, sold in Boston, re-scaled...

Every handy-mans dream.
3 M1.6 bolts w/proper nuts, metal wedge for proper balance.

Sorry about the pics, cell-phone & bad light...



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[gaj90027]

Neat idea!

[Alacrity59]

It appears you have achieved a measure of success in your re-scaling . . . pa da dump dump and clang of symbol. Is this thing on . . . .

[Ender Wiggins]

You mean it's not 14 inches long while resting in the scales? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Good job on coming up with a unique idea for those scales!

[honed]

Well, it was an emergency solution.
The old ones were completely shot & I needed the straight to try out a new hone, because I know from before that it is capable of taking a great edge.
So I used what I had in the shop, a broken "tumstock" was just perfect.
Works great on the hones, will be nice to see how it's like shaving with it.

[Bushranger]

as a fellow lover of metric, i love the concept :thumbup:

[Pumpkin]

Well, it was an emergency solution.
The old ones were completely shot & I needed the straight to try out a new hone, because I know from before that it is capable of taking a great edge.
So I used what I had in the shop, a broken "tumstock" was just perfect.
Works great on the hones, will be nice to see how it's like shaving with it.

Necessity is the mother of invention!
A nice, simple and original solution :thumbup:

[RobertH]

You share the scale material selection of an antique person:

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[honed]

And a Pipe it is too!
Dang, no Trademark for this one either :lol:

[netsurfr]

I like the concept.

[pal]

i like the concept.

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