German infill maker joins the ranks *LINK*

Re: German infill maker joins the ranks

paul womack


>I know Todd will disagree, but I think we're in the second "Golden Age" of hand tools. The first was probably 1870-1920, and I don't think handtools will ever again be industrial scale (Like Stanley and Marples and Ward & Payne were), but in terms of range and quality on the market, we're lookin' good.

BugBear

todd

david.marcus.brown


>Doesn't Todd disagree with everything? Sometimes I think he does it because he likes being the devils advocate in a conversation. At other times it's because he's the only one that gets a good deal on tools, despite living in old tool hell.

golden age of handtools

david.marcus.brown


>I definitely agree that we're in the second golden age of handtools. There are only a few makers of quality handtools so that does a few things for the business. Having a few competitors keeps them on their toes. Having only only a few competitors allows them to all make money.

The time between the first golden age of handtools and now has seen a lot of industrial advances that allow us to enjoy great tools at reasonable prices.

Re: todd

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX


>No, Todd doesn't disagree with everything or at least he finds no need to say so. He pretty much only posts in the old tool threads, and granted, he seems to take a contrarian position, but that's contrarian to "common erroneous attitudes." Count on him to know the value of old tools, how forging was done in the old days, whether an old tool is genuine or a fake, etc.

Pam

Re: todd

david.marcus.brown


>Oh I agree. I mostly wanted to see how long it would take him to respond. :)

If I were Todd, I wouldn't deign to do so.

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

Re: German infill maker joins the ranks

joel -( tools for working wood)


>I would actually say the third Golden age. The first being in the early part of the 19th century whent he tool options were fewer, and tools wee expensive, but Cast Steel was being used in tools and the designs were optimized for hand work.

Thanks for sharing

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA


>Can they speak english, or do I need to learn German...;^)

Re: golden age of handtools

Thom D


>I completely agree, at least as regards the miniscule proportion of types that is still being made. Also, in the old days we wouldn't have known about what was availble world wide, as we can today.

Re: Thanks for sharing

Conger � the Irish diaspora in Munich


>(...sharing) Your are welcome...

Scott... the classic answer to your question ('Can they speak english, or do I need to learn German') is 'yes'!

;-))

Re: golden age of handtools

david.marcus.brown


>Some other recent posts have talked about the quality handtools available from Japan.

It's amazing what the modern woodworker has available to him or her in terms of tool selection and quality. When we get compare the merits and quality of three or four quality hand tool manufacturers we tend to forget how lucky we really are. :)

Lie Nielsen's prices may seem high now but when a quality tool in the past could cost someone a week's wages that puts things in a different light.

Re: golden age of handtools

Thom D


>I totaly agree with you. I don't think LN stuff is overpriced. What has changed is the prices on the western tools now match or exceed the prices that used to stun people about good using grade Japanese tools.

Japanese tools are a bit of a conundrum. The prices are so low, when one takes into account huge amounts of devaluation of US currency since the mid 80s, I don't know how they hold them. It does make one wonder were a lot of that stuff is really made.

Re: golden age of handtools

wilbur


>Here's another way of looking at the cost of handtools:

I've been dithering over the purchase of a Japanese mortising chisel, and this weekend I realized that I spend just as much money on gas filling up the tanks of my two cars.