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
Siegley
#2 Combination Plane Siegley made a
number of different versions of this plow plane. This one has a screw
adjuster for the cutters and is one of the later models. The box of
cutters is missing at least one, and there are 18 or so remaining including
the harder to find beading cutters. There is one screw missing on the
outside fence. It otherwise looks good, and ready to go. Nice!!
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Good + . . . . . $225.00
RENO-SIEG2
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Siegley
/ Edwin
Hahn #5 Jack Plane This is the early
version without a lateral adjuster. The cutter has a mark on the top
that is hard to make out. The
cap is marked with the size #5. It is a nice condition plane and the
wood is good. Nice!!
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Good + . . . . . $75.00
JF-HAHN-5
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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
Good . . . . .$50.00
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E.
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 double wedge 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
for a real issue in wood sole planes. Different & Interesting.
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CYN-PCWP
Good + . . . . . . $295.00
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Metallic
Plane Co. Block Plane w/ Excelsior Cutter
A super nice example of a hard to find early metallic 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
Fine . . . . . . . $165.00
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C.
F. Close Coopers Planes
These came from Tom Witte back in the 80's.
CYN-COOP-4
Good+. . . . . $75.00 / each
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