Amazing auction *LINK*

Re: Amazing auction

frank shic (walnut ck, ca)

>well golly gee, i'll bet it'd be REAL FUN to reforge that baby!

Re: Amazing auction

Todd Hughes

>In the past I have used blades like this to make springs and knives including one rather fancy small patch knife which I sold for pretty well. Right now I have a brass and rosewood marking knife missing it's blade and I am figuring on using an old worn out plane iron to make the blade for it as it is pretty close to the size needed...Is it worth just under $4 for a source of high quality steel to make a couple of blades or cutters out of ? Guess it is to somebody.

I was once walking though the flea market with a friend when I bought this big iron fireplace poker for a couple of bucks. My friend asked me why I would waste my money on an old rusty iron bar. I told him that while he sees a old rusty iron bar.....I see around a $1,000 worth of fancy iron dough scrapers!.....Todd

Todd, what's a dough scraper?

dennis mcdonaugh

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It would make a great blade...

Scott Burr in rainy Ben Lomond,CA

>For a groving plane! Still time to bid on it ;^)

One mans trash...

Heres some....

Todd Hughes

>Dough scrapers look like small iron hoes with blades about 3 in. or so across and short normaly iron handles. They were used to scrape the dough out of the old time big wooden bowls and dough boxes when people made bread at home. I sort of collect them and in the photo below you can see 7 of them along the bottom of the photo. I turned one sideways so you can see the handle. Not real common but I enjoy looking for them.Many times people who have them have no idea what they are and you can pick them up on the cheap. The ones that are worth the big bucks are the ones with fancy filed handles or with brass inlays or marked as to maker. Most famouse [and desirable] maker of these was probably Peter Derr a mid 1800s Penn. whitesmith. Think one of his has hit $5,000 befor at auction .....Todd

Thanks

dennis mcdonaugh

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