2 min readCollectingCoes WrenchesCoes By John S. Kebabian Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 32 no. 1, March 1979 The Coes firm was founded by LorÂing and Aury G. Coes,...
1 min readCollectingNail HeadersFigure 1 The following is excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XVII no. 3, September 1964 by James Sorber The header shown in figs. 1 and 2,...
5 min readCollectingStanley Trammel PointsFigure 1 (left). An 1874 Stanley advertisement showing its nos. 1, 2, and 3 trammel points. The Stanley Rule & Level Co. of New Britain,...
7 min readCollectingLuigi Nessi: A Tribute to a Great Collector and a Remarkable CollectionFigure 1. An armorer’s compendium or combination tool. UNLESS NOTED, ALL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE BY MAURO MAGLIANI, PADOVA, ITALY; ©LUIGI NESSI...
3 min readCollectingA Unique Tongue PlaneFigure 1. A unique tongue plane purchased in Ohio. One the most interesting parts of the plane is the iron. Excerpted from The Chronicle...
3 min readCollectingA Field Guide For Leonard Bailey's Victor Block Planesby Paul Van Pernis After a series of ever more contentious disputes, Leonard Bailey left The Stanley Rule & Level Company in 1874 to...
