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SPIERS
of Ayr rarity
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| Here we have a real SPIERS of Ayr rarity, many of you who have been to our shop will have seen this plane. I still use it every day being such a joy to use. It is a RARE specially made lighter model 25 1/2" long dovetailed steel jointing plane with gunmetal lever cap and rosewood infill. It also has its original Spiers parallel iron and back iron. For a plane of this length it only weighs 8 Lbs which is considerably less than a normal 25 1/2" long jointing plane. It was specially made in the 1920's for use in a paper mill in Fife for truing up the edges of certain types of paper, obviously not 1 sheet at a time, that would be impossible but bundles of sheets mainly larger sheets for architects use. I swapped a 17th century oak coffer for this plane some years ago and am certainly glad I did so. |
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Inchmartine Tool Bazaar, Inchmartine House, Inchture, Perthshire, PH14 9QQ, SCOTLAND Tel +44 (0) 1828 686096, Fax +44 (0) 1828 686748 |