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This lot comprises a collection of vintage woodworking hand tools and modern electronic power tools including examples by Record, Anant, and William Ridgway and Sons Ltd. The vintage hand tools include a metal smoothing plane with a red-painted lever cap marked RECORD and a base cast with MADE IN ENGLAND, alongside an Anant metal smoothing plane bearing a label reading REGD NO 181109 ANANT. A small metal block plane is marked with a circular RECORD logo. Included is a William Ridgway and Sons Ltd expansive bit in a wooden slide-top box with a red label reading POWER BRAND EXPANSIVE BIT and OSCAR WORKS, SHEFFIELD. The lot also contains a boxwood and brass folding ruler, a wooden-bodied rebate plane, and a wooden spokeshave. Modern equipment features a yellow DeWalt cordless drill driver and a Ring RESC404 intelligent battery charger. Miscellaneous items include a black spinning fishing reel, a Specialized Presta Valve bicycle inner tube in its original carton, and various plastic equipment cases.
Condition report:
The vintage steel tools exhibit significant surface oxidation and rust throughout (Photo 1 and Photo 3). The wooden tool bodies and handles show staining, scuffing, and heavy patination consistent with workshop use (Photo 4). The modern power tools and electronic battery charger are untested for working condition and completeness (Photo 1 and Photo 2). The assortment shows a general accumulation of dust and workshop debris (Photo 1).
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