Clifton #3 Smoothing Plane Bedrock design

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This is a very lightly used Clifton #3 smoothing plane. The Clifton line of planes are descendants of the highly regarded Preston planes. The original Preston company's designs were ultimately acquired by Clico Tooling, who produce the Clifton planes today. Clico Tooling, based in Sheffield, England, manufactures tooling for the aerospace industry. According to folks who claim knowledge of such things, modern Clifton planes are actually machined to higher tolerances than the earlier Preston tools. The Clifton bench planes are generally regarded as close competitors with the Lie-Nielsen offerings and, like them, are based on the classic pre-WWII Stanley Bedrock line of planes. While not as expensive as the similar Lie-Nielsen planes, I consider the Clifton bench planes to be every bit the equal of the Lie-Nielsen bench planes. They just can be had at a more reasonable price. The quality of the Clifton planes is evident in the Bedrock features and the excellent machining of the plane body & components but you also need to know that, among many knowledgeable woodworkers, the Clifton heavy hand-forged iron is considered superior to most and excelled by none. I purchased this plane new and have owned it for about 3 years. The plane is in as new condition. It's never been dropped, chipped, etc. and I don't see any damage at all. The pictures read more

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