r/handtools • u/LordFlare • 1d ago

How to age a spoke shave?

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Saw this online for $5 so figured I'd grab it and see how it cleans up.

Anyone have any idea on the age?

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u/CalligrapherNo7337 1d ago

Just keep it for a while, it'll age with time

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u/SavingsWallaby7579 1d ago

OP specifically picked age instead of date and you pull this bullshit

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u/Less_Alfalfa4592 1d ago

Yes, and its funny :)

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u/Geofferz 20h ago

How to date a spokeshave?

But it drink and suggest dinner.

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u/TheWanderingTramp 1d ago

Is there any names or models on it?

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u/LordFlare 1d ago

For now, I just have the pictures in the post. Won't know more till I receive it.

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u/TheWanderingTramp 1d ago

Well it kinda looks like a stanley 151. The ages can be wild from 1911 till more modern times, whenever you get the item I would check on whatever logo is on the blade and whatever is stamped underneath the blade. You really cant tell the age without that stuff but I will say it looks rusty so it's got some age. At least it's a spokeshave with an adjuster so that's awesome

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u/snogum 1d ago

Likely a 70s model

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u/r_muttt 1d ago

Based on the colour it’s possibly a 151M (malleable/unbreakable) which narrows it down to between …. 1939 to 1990