Randall & Bensen wood halving molding moulding plane 2*

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You are bidding on one Randall & Bensen wood halving molding or moulding plane as pictured.It is marked "RANDALL & BENSEN ALBANY" on the front end, and "6" on the back end. Overall length is about 9-1/2", and the body is about 3/4" in width.The iron is marked "W BUTCHER".Samuel Randall and David Bensen were partners for a while in Albany, NY. Please see American Wooden Planes 4th Edition for more information about them, and it rates their planes as two stars for rarity.I can't tell if the profile is original to the plane, or if it was once a #6 hollow or round. It seems too narrow for even a #6, however. Condition is excellent, very crisp and reasonably clean, with one small gouge on the upper rear right side. SHIPPING MOULDING PLANES: The typical moulding plane will weigh a bit over one pound when boxed, and ships at the two pound rate. Within the US, that costs $11.20. But I can get 6 to 8 typical width moulding planes into one medium Priority Flat Rate box, and that costs $11.95 within the US. So the second plane ships for less than a dollar, and the next few after that ship for free. SHIPPING: 2 pounds when boxed. (see below if you are bidding outside the US) The queue is overflowing with tools right now, as they seem to be finding me faster than I can list them. Please see my other current as well as upcoming auctions, as I am or will be listing many more collectible planes and tools. If you follow my auctions, I typically list in batches of similar tools. I tend to rotate back and forth between groups of metal planes and parts for them, and then groups of American and British molding planes, and then back to metallic planes again. But every so often I sneak in something else, such as chisels and gouges, bevels and squares and gauges, books about tools and reprint catalogs, and a variety of other tools. So I might not have any chisels for a month, and then have 30 or 40 chisels all listed at the same time. So please keep watching my auctions! Or if there is something specific that you are looking for, please let me know so that I can get it listed for you to consider. You might ask: How can I know when you start new listings? The answer: please And if you, like me, are tired of the disappointments as a shopper -- misleading descriptions and poor photographs, "fine" tools that turned out to be repainted when you got them, non original parts that weren't mentioned, and poor packaging, -- then I encourage you to follow my auctions. I come from the handshake school of doing business, and hopefully you are like me and understand what that means. ETHICS IN DESCRIPTIONS: I also buy for my collecting on eBay, and I have been burned too many times by misleading (duh did I forget to mention .......) descriptions, and auctions with pictures only of the left side because the right side was trashed. Life is much simpler for me if I disclose what I know or see about an item before you bid, and especially before you receive it in the mail. If I have added or replaced a part, I will tell you. If I think the wedge on a molding plane is not original, I will tell you. If I think a japanned plane has been repainted, I will tell you. What goes around, comes around. RETURN POLICY: I believe that if you give honest descriptions, and include enough pictures, you shouldn't need a return policy. However, that doesn't mean that I won't make an occasional mistake. Please bid with the assurance that if I have made an error in my listing, I WILL take care of you. INSURANCE WHEN SHIPPING INSIDE THE US: The eBay policy about insurance changed dramatically in 2009. You may have noticed that insurance is no longer an option for the buyer as it used to be. Instead the burden is now on the shipper (me) to guaran... read more

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