I recall a fellow in main made a large number of counterfeit bedrock
planes. He kind of screwed up though. First he cast them in bronze
instead of iron. People could tell them apart right away. Besides, his
production costs were so high he had to put his own name on them and
market them as "premium" planes.

----- Original Message -----
From: "james bennett" 
To:"curt seeliger" 
Cc:"oldtools@s..." 
Sent:Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:44:45 -0500
Subject:Re: [OldTools] New Galoot bio

 Morning Mr. Seeliger - Thanks for bringing this possibility up! I
searched
 the old tools archive and found that very little is said about
counterfeit
 bedrock planes and virtually nothing is said about how to detect
"fake"
 bedrocks; this leads me to think that this topic might be a very
 interesting thread for the group? I'd be willing to provide pictures,
 measurements and answer questions to the forum for discussion. This
plane
 is the cornerstone of my stock prep, so you'll forgive my
unwillingness to
 let it travel to, Washington, is it?

 On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 5:07 PM, curt seeliger 
wrote:

 > Nice of you to join us, James, indeed.
 > I want to offer a quick word of caution about that 605 1/2. There
have
 > been a variety of counterfeits made of this particular model that
require a
 > significant amount of time and expert effort to detect. I'd be
happy to
 > inspect it if you like. No charge, of course, but it would help if
you
 > paid postage. Convincing an elderly pensioner to pack it and pay
postage in
 > your stead would also suffice.
 > Enjoy your days, all,
 > cur
 >
 >
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