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152370 "familie Hagen" <familiehagen@h...> 2005‑11‑15 bio-martin hagen
Hello people of the porch after been lurking at the old tools archive
(watch it everyday) and read all the posts.
I was first listed through yahoo but was unable to sent messages so i
hope this one gets posted.
I am also registered at Richmond tool group. And got my first mail from
Bill Taggert he also said that i try the oldtools list.
My name is Martin i am 40 years and i am married and have two boys age 8
and 12 i live in Heemskerk the Netherlands and work in Amsterdam as a
teacher furniture making at the oldest furniture craftsschool in the
netherlands which was founded in 1928.
I am en ex student from this school where i have been trained as an
furniture restorer which has been my proffesion for allmost 10 years and
the last 5 years i am working fulltime as an teacher but i do occasional
a small restoration job for relativesor family.
My passion is collecting functional woodworking tools and i am searching
the internet for info on tools.
I am also a member of the Dutch toolcollectors organisation called
ambacht en gereedschap.
Visit it at: www.ambachtengereedschap.nl i also collect furniture
reference books and tool books.
And books about furniture restoration. The pride of my tool collection
is an spiers coffin style smoother from around 1885/1890 which i bought
at the big freemarket at queensday in Amsterdam (a big jumble sale)
where i had to pay 5 euro's. This type of plane has been on my wantlist
for a long time and i could hardly believe my eyes.
This was an great day my friends who where with me allmost started
dripping when they saw my find.
I also found a stanley 51 and 55 spokeshave marked with the rule and
level logo.
I also try to bring the love for handwork and classic handtools on to my
students at home i work mostly with handtools which will make no noise.
I am not a purist but love the way a well tuned tool does the work.
The last tool i bought was 2 weeks ago it is an chamfer spokeshave from
stanley no. 65 marked with the s-w. Logo.
I would like to discuss wiht the other members on topics like
restoration and ethics and tool restoration.
So hope to hear from you. 
Greetings, Martin 

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