I called into Bills Tool Store as usual, at the weekend. The previous week I had seen a new old stock Record spokeshave on display and thought about making a purchase as it was only £7.50p. In the end, I had decided against it. In the meantime, I had a change of mind and decided I would buy it if it was still there. When I arrived at Bills I checked the windows and it had gone. In its place, there was a Stanley USA 271. I decided not to make the same mistake as the previous week and bought it right away.
There can’t be many tools stores where you can still purchase this type of vintage tool.
Thank goodness for places like BTS.
The old tool collector 