Paid my first visit to Colonial Homestead in Millersburg, Ohio today.

[woodwonk@mindly.social]

Paid my first visit to Colonial Homestead in Millersburg, Ohio today. It's an antique hand tool super store, mostly for woodworking and blacksmithing tools. It was difficult, but I managed to get out of there for less than $100. It's dangerously close to where I live (about an hour away.) There are several videos about it on YouTube. Here's one by James Wright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WZA_gIBrJE

#woodworking #handtools

[amenonsen@flipping.rocks]

@woodwonk Nice, what did you get?

[woodwonk@mindly.social]

@amenonsen I picked up a Stanley 60-1/2 block plane, a Sargent saw vise, and a saw set with a narrow hammer (don't remember the make).

[amenonsen@flipping.rocks]

@woodwonk Oh, a pretty good haul, especially the saw vise. I've never used one (I just clamp the blade between two pieces of wood), but they look pretty convenient.

[narthur@hachyderm.io]

@woodwonk never been there, but I know about it. It’s about two hours from me, away from any usual route I’d take. Maybe I’ll make a motorcycle trip out of it someday

[woodwonk@mindly.social]

@amenonsen I've done the "sticks in the vise" approach to sharpening, but it always seems like it takes 3 hands: one to hold the saw, one to hold the sticks, and one to tighten the vise. And then it's also too low for me to use comfortably. Looking forward to trying the vise.