On Nov 26, 2013, at 20:59 , Joshua Clark  wrote:

> If I’m not mistaken, Tim was making these professionally up until about 2006.
I think they were advertised in FWW for about $89 if I remember correctly. They
were also sold through at least one woodworking website.

Yup, from a bit of poking around I did before pulling the trigger on one, they
were selling in that ballpark ($70+). That's about dealer price for a very good
MF #1, if I'm not mistaken ($60-80). And of course, you do need both :).

> I had a brief email exchange with Tim after buying the shave and a few
replacement blades. He’s making shaves when he has time and wants to keep things
low-key and fun. I get the feeling it was the opposite of that the last time
around.

You alluded to that in our off-list conversation, which is why I specifically
asked him if I could let the porch know that he was back in business!

> The prices he’s asking on eBay are absurdly low in my opinion. I’d be willing
to pay a lot more than the $40 I paid for mine.

Agreed 100%; quality-wise, this tool seems right up there with any of the
boutique toolmakers. I'll wait and see if I like the back-bevel approach; it's a
lot more aggressive.

> Unlike Adam’s experience, I was able to fit one of Tim’s new blades in all of
the vintage Millers Falls shaves I have. The blade is about 1/16in wider than
the OEM blade, exactly 2 1/4in. You need to back out the set screws quite a bit
to fit the thicker blade, but it did fit just fine. It’s great to have a source
for replacement blades for these now.

Good to know. Just so folks have a reference point, the new blade that I have is
2.264" long, and the original is 2.211" (measured with a Brown & Sharpe dial
caliper). There is almost no clearance for the original blade, so I would have
to grind a full 1/16" off to get it to fit…and that's what I'd have done if Tim
hadn't offered to make another blade. Even if I had to grind it, $16 beats the
heck out of trying to mill and heat treat one of these.

regards,
Adam