English
Walnut Infill Closed Handle Panel / Fore Plane This 15"
Walnut Infill Panel
plane is marked as to maker with a bold stamp on toe of the plane with a logo I
do not recognize. The cutter is a Ward, and the chip breaker is
stamped Ibbotson. The throat is nice and there is no rust or pitting
to the metal surfaces to speak of.. A well constructed well proportioned plane
that will make for a great user.
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BD-WINFI
Excellent . . . . .$595.00
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Hardt Patent Smooth Plane
The patent for this design plane was issued on August 8 1893 to
Louis John Hardt from Yuba City California. The
patent shows a wooden plane, but the only known examples are metal bodied
planes like this one. There are only a handful of these
planes known, and almost all turn up here in California as this one did.
A pair of them were recently offered at a major tool auction and one brought
up to $9,000.00. The other one had major damage and still bought close
to 5K. I believe
they came in three sizes, that being a block plane, a jointer size plane,
and this the smooth at just under 12" long. All are rare.
Roger Smith in his reference PATMPIA #1 gives a bit more detailed story behind
Hardt, the maker, and what little is known about him and his planes. Roger surmised that Hardt had the body parts cast here in California, and then
machined them himself. He then bought the frogs and cutters from
Sargent, and those parts are proper and properly marked on this plane as they should be.
Please be sure to look at all of the different pics to see the details.
Roger surmises that Hardt probably only made one production run of these and
that approx 7 or so are known confirming their relative rarity.
This plane has been refinished and looks great. The rosewood
handle and knob look to be original and are in nice condition. The
plane is marked in all the proper places, and has just one slight apology
with a hairline crack at the edge of the throat on the bottom as shown.
I have seen others with major chips in this area so it must have been a weak
point in the design. The patented idea had to do with the front section of the plane
being adjustable to control the width of the throat opening. It is
well made and nicely machined, but the design idea seems like an odd way to accomplish a task that Stanley
and others had already dealt with with, and are arguably better
ideas. I suppose that is one of the reasons it is so scarce, being the design never caught on,
or was accepted as better.
A nice example of one of the rarest patented planes that can found, with the added bonus of it being the only plane patented here in CA.
A rare opportunity.
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DM-HARDT
Good +. . . . . $5950.00
Birmingham Tool Co.
/ B Plane #8 Size Patented Jointer Plane
This 24 " #8 size jointer plane was made by the Birmingham Plane Manufacturing Co of Birmingham Conn.
It is in overall very nice condition, with just some minor pitting to the
sole and the broken handle as shown.
The Birmingham Plane Co. made
this series of planes trying to compete with Stanley and made them look
pretty much the same. The most obvious difference was the design of the
lateral adjuster. The throat is nice,
and the cutter and cap are marked properly. The adjuster is present,
undamaged and
operates as it should. A nice plane that is not often seen these days.
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TARA-BIRM-8
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Norris A5 Adjustable English Infill Smooth Plane Anytime
there is a discussion of the finest planes made the name Norris is one of
the first to be put forth. The condition of this late model coffin
style A5 Norris Smoother is exceptional. There is well over 95% of the original
ebonized finish remaining on the wood. The handle is nice, and there is about
50% of the decal label still on the handle. The throat is tight, and
the cutter full length and 2" wide. It looks to have the original
grind. It is a very nice plane throughout
with no pitting, rust or other problems. This plane saw very little use before it made it onto the collectors
shelf a number of years ago and is ready to be put back into service.
None Better.
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SD-NORRIS-A5
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Norris A5 Adjustable English Infill Smooth Plane Here
is another fine example of a Norris A5 Handled Smoothing plane. This one
is marked on the bronze / gunmetal cap, the top of the adjuster knob, and the 2"
cutter is original, full length and marked Norris as well. It is damage
free, and looks to have seen little use before making it to the collectors
shelf. The blade adjuster is tight and has little to no slop or play.
There is no rust or pitting. None Nicer.
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SD-NORRIS-A5-2
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Norris A1 Adjustable English Infill Panel / Jointer Plane Here
is another fine example of a Norris plane. This one
is marked on the bronze / gunmetal cap, the top of the adjuster knob, and the 2"
cutter. The cutter is original, full length and marked Norris as well.
This Norris Panel is damage
free, and looks to have seen little use before making it to the collectors
shelf. The blade adjuster is tight and has little to no slop or play.
There is no rust or pitting. None Nicer.
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SD-NORRIS-A1-2
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Spiers
AYR Walnut Infill Closed Handle Panel Plane This 14" Infill Panel
plane is marked as to maker with a bold stamp on the gunmetal lever cap. The
cutter is marked but hard to make out, and the chip breaker is a Mathieson.
There is enough of a graphic on the cutter that someone better versed will recognize
the maker. The throat is nice and as fine as any English Mitre Plane.
It is in very nice condition in all respects. The chamfered or bevel edge
of the steel sides which are dovetailed to the bottom is a great feature.
There is no pitting or rust and this plane was carefully polished at one point and
that still looks great. There is one small repair to the infill that can be
seen in the pics at the rear corner.
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CYN-SPIER-1
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Spiers
AYR Rosewood Infill Closed Handle Panel Plane This 14" Spiers
Rosewood Infill Panel
plane is marked as to maker with a bold stamp on the gunmetal lever cap. The
cutter is marked but hard to make out.
There is enough of a graphic on the cutter that someone better versed will recognize
the maker. The throat is nice. The chamfered or bevel edge
of the steel sides which are dovetailed to the bottom is a great feature. The
top of the rear tote has been repaired
There are minor spots of pitting but this plane still looks great and could
easily be brought to a fine condition with a bit of careful lapping and cleaning.
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CYN-SPEIR-2
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Knowles
Type Infill Jointer Plane
This unusual plane is not marked which
is typical. This form plane is typically referred to as a Knowles types.
Knowles is credited with patenting the first metal bodied planes in the early 1800's.
The idea was slow to catch in the beginning, but it was not long before others were
mimicking the idea. The casting features to hold the wedge in are near identical
to the typical Knowles planes known, but this fellow thought applied handles and
knobs were a better idea than the cast ones on those. The other main difference
I see is the tail on this one that is not always seen. The casting is pretty
nice, and damage free. I think the wedge may be a replacement, but am not
sure. Note the chip in the handle. An interesting and very early metallic
plane.
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CYN-PLNS-KN
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W. Carpenter Double Wedge Patented Wooden Jointer Plane
This unusual design wooden jointer plane is in very nice condition.
The patent is from 1849 and the patented feature can be found on planes made by
other PA makers as well as by Carpenter himself . The stamp
on the nose is very nice, and the overall condition of the plane is nice. With a light
clean it will be a standout example for the collection or early patented planes.
The idea was that as the sole wore down, the rear wedge could be lowered to move
the cutter forward in relation to the throat opening. Kind of a neat idea.
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CYN-PCWP
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Phillips Patent Plow Plane
w/ 8 Cutters
According to Roger Smiths Vol. 1 of PTAMPIA this would be an early model of
this plane. It has some characteristics of a later model given it has a
Rosewood handle. Note in one of the pics how the maker mark info on the skate
about it being a Phillips Plow plane has been over-stamped with different info
and Harlow a different maker name. Smith discusses this marking, but it
would seem there is
additional research to be done as there is little detail
explaining why this happened.
The main body is in pretty nice condition.
There is about 70% of the original black japanning, and some traces of the red
highlighting. There is no damage to the casting or cracks in the weak
areas. The Rosewood handle is pretty nice, and the delicate horn is nice.
The fence rod is here, but the fence itself has gone missing.
Also there are
8 original cutters. Most are full length. There is some minor
surface rust on a couple but it is not heavy, nor is there obvious pitting.
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SS-PPPP
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Metallic
Plane Co. Block Plane w/ Excelsior Cutter
A super nice example of a hard to find little block plane. These
small 5" block planes date from the late 1860's and a bit later.
The cutter is marked and nice. There is no rust or pitting. The
wedge is proper and nice. Different, and Unusual.
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MB-MPC-BLK
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Brass
Dental Plane
I have seen this mini brass plane offered for sale
a few times over the years, both at auction and on eBay. I can not seem to
find any published info on it, and I do not think it is in Roger Smiths books.
It is thought that they were made for the dental profession for sizing or trimming
of molds. It is an interesting and nicely made little block plane with ruler
increments in 32nds of an inch cast or scribed into the different sides. The
cutter is unmarked, and there is no other ID to be found. Different, and Unusual.
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CYN-PLNS-1
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Walkers Patent Plow
Plane Blades / Cutters
These look to be professionally done, and you can see on some of them that they
were cut from Starrett tool steel. I have never seen them offered
before and I can just imagine what they would cost to have made if you could
find the patterns.
CYN-WP-2
Excellent . . . . . . $595.00
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