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  1. 1st February 2013, 11:30 PM #1
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    From this ebay listing ...

    Replica Norris steel plane - see detail - antique | eBay

    "After the 2nd world war it was impossible to purchase Norris planes and the parts only were imported and the body and wooden parts were made into a plane in Whyalla ship yards - the blade and tightening screw were Norris. I bought this second hand in 1956. I am now retired and was a professional pattern maker."


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    Nonsense!
    These myths are very prevalent through out the tool collecting world.
    However there is some truth to this one, but the seller of that plane is just mistaken, that plane is is a genuine Norris.
    Norris A5 - post war model


    There is some basis for the "Whyalla" tool making story.
    Here is a copy of the Stanley #51 & 52 shute board & plane and a huge bevel gauge made by A. W . Renalson, Whyalla, 1942.
    They are fantastically well made tools, but it is instantly obvious they are user made.
    Shuteboard and plane

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    Quote Originally Posted by lightwood View Post
    Nonsense!
    I wondered ... the wooden parts sure look standard ...

    Then I thought maybe they just assembled all the parts there ... but what would be the point of that!?!

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