I stopped by a Flea Market that is held on Tuesday's here in Florence after dropping my wife off at work. Looked around a few booths and was about to leave when I spotted for a short distance this Spokeshave. Picking it up and looking at the logo on the blade I knew this was an old spoke.

The real find was when I took a bit of spit, works wonders removing dirt and rust, most mothers use it on kids, and wiped across the blade. The logo that appeared was one of the 1800's. I quickly pulled out my iPhone and went to the bookmarked page and saw that this logo is from 1874-1884.

This is the logo on the cutters.

The logo on the second blade is a little more worn but for 130 to 140 years old is not too bad.

A little harder to read but you can still make it out.

Wow I love making finds like. It now has a home and will be displayed.

Cool tool. I bet that is a pain to sharpen.

Sweet! But, if you keep this up you're going to have to build a bigger display case!!!

I know Lew. Not sure where I am going to put it.

Lew, John has a bona fide addiction.

I have NO idea where John caught that addiction from......

Five handsaw have been rehabbed in the last week, time to get on Feebay. getting a might TOO crowded...

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4 minutes ago, John Morris said:

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That’s wild. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a combo spokeshave like that.

I've seen spokeshaves like that though they are rare. Chair makers used them alot back in the day. I've seen Antique Hargraves on ebay.