How many folks have thought about duplicating the Studley tool chest?  
Even briefly?  Which is the real one, can you tell?

http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/Studley%20pair.jpg

The one on the left was made by Jim Moon. The one on the right is the 
original.  Some of you likely know Jim.  He has been in the tool 
community for many years. He is a certainly a craftsman of the highest 
order.  In addition to fine period furniture,  Jim likes to duplicate 
unusual and unique plow planes.  He often makes one or more of the 
styles that interest him.  I am the proud owner of a couple of his fine 
reproductions.

This is the first coy of the Studley chest I have ever seen.  There may 
be others but I doubt it.  Here are a few detail pictures of the contents:
http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/A4HP1636.jpg
http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/A4HP1647.jpg
http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/A4HP1665.jpg

Here is a short article on Jim's efforts:
http://donsbarn.com/portrait-of-a-man-who-must-not-sleep/

Don William's new book on the Studley chest was likely the inspiration 
for Jim's efforts.
https://lostartpress.com/products/virtuoso

-- 
Bill W.
In Beautiful downtown Nottingham, PA

Holy Crap

About the only way I could tell was by the handle on the mallet in the upper
right - I remembered what the original looked like.  I suppose the patina on the
wood gave it a way a little.  Is that antler on the screwdriver handle above the
#1 plane.

Ed Minch

Bill, 

Unless I have lost my memory to my imagination, Jim Moon displayed his version
at the SAPFM Midyear meeting a bit over a month ago in Lancaster PA.  At the
time, I noted the difference in the handles on the large flat blade screwdriver
(center left section, upper left corner).  I thought maybe Jim’s version was
just as beautiful in its own way as Studley’s original, although I certainly
would have been partial to a west indies mahogany handle on all my tools if I
could have had it, which Studley apparently could just from work scraps.  The
carpentry hammer (left side, upper section) also obviously has differences in
handles, although Jim’s might also be much darker if it had aged as long as
Studley’s.  Regardless, seeing Jim’s against the wall as I walked into the
display room was a bit of a shock the first time, as I couldn’t believe the
Studley’s owner would have loaned the original to SAPFM, but it quickly became
apparent it was a copy from the label on the wall next to it.  Jim was there on
a stool, answering questions, and it was obvious he enjoyed making this and the
initial confusion among many of us who walked over to study his work.

Charlie Driggs
Newark, DE

 
On Sep 1, 2016, at 11:01 AM, Bill Webber  wrote:

How many folks have thought about duplicating the Studley tool chest?  Even
briefly?  Which is the real one, can you tell?

http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/Studley%20pair.jpg