> Walt wrote.......
>
> > I find a lot of usual stuff at the fleas...#3's-#8's...spokeshaves and
the
> like...and I generally get up before the birds. This Sunday I slept in and
> didn't get out until after 9am, almost didn't go at all. Why bother; all
the
> good stuff must be gone by then;.....I pull it from it's nest of crusty
saw
> blades and high orange bits....a Rodier patent smoother..#4 size...sitting
> in the bucket from 6am and no one has noticed. yep..the vertical
> corrugations on the side...and I turn it over and WOW! the tell-tale
> squiggly corrugations down the sole. 'course it's covered in white
> paint..maybe put on as some sort of perservative by a previous
owner...sole
> & mouth are decent...star wheel held in place with a nail that impedes the
> actual full range of movement...figures..but no cracks in the body and
blade
> appears to be useful and a Buck Brothers(remember something on Patrick's
> page about that)..cap fine..unscrews and lifts out. By now my heart is
> racing..never seen one of these out in the field...notice he's put a $10
> price tag on the tote...I hold it up and get the sellers attention..."How
> much?"  I query..."well, take it for $8 if you want"...no haggeling..no
"how
> about $5?
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>      Good find ! nice to hear stoys like this so you know deals are still
> out there.....$10 seems to be around  the going price for Rodier planes in
> the wild as last year my friend and Tool Hunting Buddy,  Dr. Jim, found
one
> priced at $10 at the flea market I normally go to,[I didn't go because it
> looked like rain].Being a true slow head I taught Dr. Jim everything he
> knows about tools thus making more competition for me.He was supposed to
> teach me about buying golf stuff something he is an expert on.So far his
> advice has mostly been don't buy any golf stuff ...Oh well. Jim's Rodier
is
> in excellent condition and I suppose that is reflected in the $2 increase
in
> price over Walt's. Jim told me he offered $8 but seller was a hard nose
and
> stuck to the $10...... Yea sure I would have liked to gotten it but
imagine
> if I HAD posted about getting a plane like a Rodier for $10 a lynch mob
> would have been formed to come get me for taking advantage of the slow
head
> seller instead of offering them a $1,000 for the plane he priced at
> $10........Todd, who got a real nice 5 1/2 type 11  for $25 this week end
> and thought he was doing somthing
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