stanley 5/1/2 handle[tote]

[walker]

anyone got a spare rosewood rear tote for a stanley 5-1/2 plane.
got a nice 100 yr old plane with usual badly broken tote.will pay or swop.
brian

[scottg]

Plane totes are kind of hard to get. At least, they are hard to get cheap.  Often a good tote brings the same price as a good plane, minus the tote.
  But you can repair the old one and no one can tell, if you do a good job.
 
 Cracks can be stoutly glued and missing wood can be fabricated to match.
  crack repair
http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/tote.htm
  chip repair
http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/totefix.htm

 New reproduction totes are available but often sell in the 40 dollar range.
 yours Scott

[walker]

thanks scott,this tote has a broken tip also.might have to wait and
find an old plane with a good tote.thanks.
brian

[scottg]

What, broken tip???
  Zay -alllll- have ze broken tiiiiipsssss!

  Follow the link to the second article.  I have repaired many broken tips. 
Quicker and cheaper than any other course of action.
 You could have a primo tote tomorrow, if you start right now!!

 Even if you don't have a scrap of rosewood, surely you can scrounge a scrap of something, just for the learning.
 Next time you'll have already scrounged a little fine wood for a stash, and you'll have it down!   
     yours Scott