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Over on his blog, Christopher Schwarz has been writing the 2014 Anarchist’s Gift Guide since Dec, 1. I’m starting a little late with my 2014 Sybarite’s Gift Guide…because too much self-indulgence leads to blackouts (apparently), and causes one to not realize it’s already a new month.
Like Chris’s, the woodworking-related gift ideas I’ll be presenting are 100-percent unsponsored. But unlike Chris’s, these are not items likely to be found in too many stockings…unless you’ve been an very good girl or boy indeed.
While I have been able to buy a couple of the items on my forthcoming list (for which I count myself a lucky girl), most of them, I have not…and likely never will. But hey – what’s life without a little dreaming!
Bridge City HP-11FW Tapered Body Shoulder Plane
I’ve used a slightly less rarefied version of this plane (the Bridge City Tool Works HP-7, on which the ergonomics are excellent (even for my small hands) and the performance is every bit as good as you’d expect.
And this HP-11 is shinier. (What can I say…my kinda bling!)
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Reminds me when I tried to price one of my woodworking projects as if I would make a profit… But then, I would only have to sell one!
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I have some Bridge City Tools but had to stop buying them because they became to expensive. Go for it I guess if you have the money. Sometimes going with something a step down will work just fine.
If you’re going for beautiful planes, I don’t think you can beat a bronze Lie-Nielsen engraved by Catharine Kennedy.
Holy Christmas! Megan.
$2,772.22.
Wow.
Does it come with a gold chain so’s you can wear it when you are out and about?
Is this list going to be the Megan Fitzpatrick version of Oprah’s favorite things? You’ve started it out on the right track with a $2K+ plane. (Hope you go the whole nine yards with it and hand them out to your “audience”.)