Oh ! OK. I see how it is...

  Just because I like an antique plane to keep its original appearance,
rather than alter it with a finish that can't be inconspiculously removed,
I'm a 'steenking collector/Cracker barrell wannabe' ?

  Mkay, thats fine with me. Really...

 I think I'll go home now and screw some molding planes to the wall.   

 Ray T. Smith

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Roger Books [SMTP:books+oldtools@j...
> Sent:	Friday, July 14, 2000 3:44 PM
> To:	oldtools@w...
> Subject:	Re: Cleaning and refinishing wooden planes
> 
> On 14-Jul-00 at 09:05, Smith, Ray  (GOT) (RayT.Smith@m...
> wrote:
> >
> >    Looks like good advice from Eric. Adding any type of oil finish
> will
> > permanently change the look of a plane, and can adversely affect
> resale
> > value if you ever plan to get rid of any of your planes. Whenever I go
> to a
> > MWTCA meet, I avoid oiled and refinished woodies like the plague,
> unless
> > there is one I just have to own, and can't find another in the entire
> tool
> > show. Even then, I hate to buy one with an altered finish.
> 
> Cool, that means I, who am looking for strictly user tools and has this
> strange motto of "function before form" should look at the oiled stuff
> as the steenking c*ll*ct*rs won't be wanting to use them in an attempt
> to emulate Cracker Barrel.
> 
> To each his own. :)
> 
> Roger
> 
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