Preston Skew Spokeshave

[JimReed@Tallahassee]

I was in the shop today on a recreational tour and found these two shaves to play with. The Preston 1391 spokeshave is well known but they also made a skew version.




I always skew my spokeshave in use because it is easier. I guess the engineers at Preston wanted to save me and others the trouble and insert the skew at the factory.




Holding it on a scrap shows the 15 degree skew.




And we all know that skew planes leave delightful spiral shavings.




Of course, the regular 1391 also pulls nice shavings but without the spiral.




I guess this never caught on.

[hbmcc]

[Timberwolf]

I was in the shop today on a recreational tour and found these two shaves to play with. The Preston 1391 spokeshave is well known but they also made a skew version.




I always skew my spokeshave in use because it is easier. I guess the engineers at Preston wanted to save me and others the trouble and insert the skew at the factory.




Holding it on a scrap shows the 15 degree skew.




And we all know that skew planes leave delightful spiral shavings.




Of course, the regular 1391 also pulls nice shavings but without the spiral.




I guess this never caught on.

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Pretty rare shave !!!!!! I like Preston tools!