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   BenA | Sep 30, 2003 12:56am | #1

   stanley tools make one, it model 12-951 and it sell for about $19.00

   any good hardware, industrial store should stock one.

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   JeffKurtz | Sep 30, 2003 01:29am | #2

   Surprise!  I have two Kunz shaves, and haven't even bothered to try either one - just looking at one lets you know how poor they are.  (Bought mine by catalogue.  Looked OK there.)  Check out Dave's Shaves; wood; not cheap, but nice tools.
   http://www.ncworkshops.com/

   Harris tools also makes some wooden shaves that look nice.  Available from Garrett Wade.
   http://www.garrettwade.com/jump.jsp?lGen=detail&itemID=105541&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=10000&iSubCat=10009&iProductID=105541

   Finally, Clifton still makes a metal shave.  I can only assume they are of the same high quality as their planes.  Also available at Garrett Wade.
   http://www.garrettwade.com/jump.jsp?lGen=detail&itemID=104611&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=10000&iSubCat=10009&iProductID=104611

   Jeff

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   Biscardi | Sep 30, 2003 03:07am | #3

   There is a learning curve to using a spokeshave. The rounded ones are ducedly hard to sharpen correctly.

   I groused to a very old  (87- used to make reproductions for Williamsburg) woodworker once about a cheap stanley #4 plane I bought. He sniffed and said , "Who cares if it was cheap, let me look at it. You have to set these things up properly you know." He flattened the back of the blade and it worked infinitely better.

   Frank

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   JeffKurtz | Oct 02, 2003 12:22am | #7

   I agree on the learning curve part.  I'm reminded of when I started learning how to play the guitar.  The cheapo I started with was alright until I began trying to do barred chords, and for the life of me, I couldn't.  My teacher tried it, and played several different chords, but, he said, it was difficult.  He let me try his guitar, and I was able to play a bar chord.

   What's the point?  Once we've acquired a skill we can perform it fairly well with even a mediocre tool.  However, if we are still learning, a poor tool can make the task difficult or nearly impossible.

   BTW, I finally bought a nice little Guild.  Sweet.

   Jeff

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   wop | Oct 01, 2003 12:33am | #5

         The Clifton shaves are not any better than the record/stanley shaves. They have the exact same defects which can be corrected with a bit of work. Brian Boggs wrote an article about this in FWW about a year ago. The Lee-Neilsen shaves work well but are expensive.Kelly tool works makes a revised edition of the Miller falls round shave that does well too but takes some getting used to .Kuntz does not make any high quality products so it is best to just forget about them.  I have and use a lot of metal spokeshaves but the wooden ones I have never tried so I can't really say how well they work.

                                                                          Philip

3. 
   SawdustRay | Oct 07, 2003 09:18pm | #9

   Jeff,

   Thanks for the info.  After doing some more research I bought a Harris Travisher from Garrett Wade.  Got it yesterday.  It's a beautifully crafted tool in and of itself.  Can't wait to use it.  I'm slowly learning and one lesson that stays true time after time is you get what you pay for.

   Thanks

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   PlaneWood | Sep 30, 2003 05:21pm | #4

   Try this place:  http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/

   Bob, the owner, makes planes, scrapers, and several different type spoke shaves. 

   PlaneWood by Mike_in_Katy (maker of fine sawdust!)
   PlaneWood

4. 
   sushi | Oct 01, 2003 08:09pm | #6

   Is the spokeshave concave or convex?  I have both Kunz and got both to work very well.   They require some tuning.  First flatten the bottom until it is shiny smooth.  Its easiest to do this to the concave one.  Just tape some sandpaper to a pvc pipe.  Sharpen the blade the same way.  The convex one is more difficult to tune.  I had to use sand paper on a flat surface.  It should work well after doing these things.  Mine do.

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   CharlieD | Oct 02, 2003 07:26pm | #8

   I've got a Record that I've been happy with, but it's the only one I've ever used, so I suppose it could be crappy, too...I find that it has to be adjusted exactly so, and then held at just the right angle, but once that happens, it pulls off a nice long shaving.

   Good Luck,

   Charlie