Bought a Nice Spokeshave But Ughhhhhh

Mike Turner

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I wanted to venture off into handtools somewhat so I bought a nice Stanley 55 concave spokeshave from Ed's Antique Tools in Pittsboro ,NC. He sharpened it before sending and it worked pretty good for a novice like me on it. I tried it out a little while Wed..I wanted to go to shop for a few minutes.....planned only 15 min at most. I had been out there 1 1/2 minutes and dropped it....broke one handle off. It had not occurred to me it was cast iron. I feel like dufuss or something!.....Just feel really beaten up now!
Wowwwwww!!
 
Huh, yeah most all of the ones I've used were forged not cast. It could be that it was over tempered a smidge on that arm would also have the same problem. Bummer though.
 
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