Keen Kutter 92 and Stanley 101

[stanley62]

Here are two new members to my collection (pile) of woodworking goodies.  A Keen Kutter 92 spoke shave and a Stanley 101 plane.  Both are a little rough (especially the finish on the spokeshave), but I live them just the same.

  Jim

[Dakota Woodworker]

Nice!  I like that spoke shave, it's got a little more detail than most and then there is the Keen Kutter logo on the blade that is cool.

[Branson]

Nice!  I like that spoke shave, it's got a little more detail than most and then there is the Keen Kutter logo on the blade that is cool.

I once had one of these, but no Keen Kutter logo, and it was a 54 clone.  I really liked it.  And then it dropped onto concrete...

Nifty tools!

[jimwrench]

 Thats a neatly marked shave. My old Keen Kutter book lists it at $50 plus;but they might have wanted a little more nickel on the handles. Seems like Keen Kutter price has fallen off locally, saw two Keen Kutter food choppers sell for $5 each at auction recently. Not something I'd have interest in but seems like they used to bring more. Price will surely increase as they are not making any more.

[scottg]

I like that shave!! Its different from any other I ever saw.  I don't know who really made it?
I don't suppose I could see it from the bottom?
  yours Scott

[stillfishin]

Stanley, Nice plane and shave, but man I really like that fish on your avatar. Where'd u come up with that one?

[stanley62]

Scott,  pictures from the bottom.

Stillfishin,  the picture is an 8.0 lb largemouth I caught last year in the California Delta near Oakley Ca.

Jim

[scottg]

 
 I love that thing!!
 In the picture it almost looks like someone ground the wrong side of the blade? 
The bevel should be toward the back when its mounted, and it will take up a whole lot more of the mouth, when set for action.
  (IE tight mouth = less tear out as you work)
     yours Scott

 PS It can be construed as bad, I know, but I often round off the sole of spokeshaves.
 I find a whole lot more use for a round sole I can get down inside curves with.
 They still work just as well for straight work too.
    Personally I am not sure why anyone made a flat sole spokeshave at all?
 Anyone know?
 Anyone find times when the flat sole really shines above a round sole? 

[Branson]

>Personally I am not sure why anyone made a flat sole spokeshave at all?
>Anyone know?
>Anyone find times when the flat sole really shines above a round sole?

I'd say they make flat soles -- the most common sort -- because of the primary work they were supposed to do, which is shaping wooden spokes.  The flat sole makes it generally easier to shave a straight line when rounding things longitudinally.  The spoke shave, as the name shows, started out as a wheelwright's tool, and got hijacked by more general carpenters, coach makers, and the like.

If I'm doing a chamfer or shaving a round, I most likely will reach for my Stanley 54 or 53.  Use them more often than any other shave I have.  But I have other flat sole shaves that I can also use for these tasks.  The first time I ever used a spoke shave was to radius the corners of a cutting board, and a flat sole was the tool I was given to do this.  For me, the flat sole gives me a little more control of the cut.

For concave surfaces, nothing works like a rounded sole.  Nothing else actually works at all, and I have several round soled shaves for this kind of work.