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21st March 2013, 09:20 PM #1Senior Member
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Plane ID Please
Hi all you plane afcianados, Could anyone help me Id this plane please, It has a John Howarth Cap Iron and a Robert Sorby Blade it also has a 2 1/4 Number in the brass lever cap? and apart from that nothing else,
Any help is greatly appreciated, Cheers Richie Rich
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22nd March 2013, 07:42 AM #2
Richie, that rear handle looks to me like a home-brew. I seem to remember someone saying that the parts for infills were imported early last century, & users added their own wood. I wonder if you have one of these? I'm sure someone like Lightwood, will sooncome along & put you right.......
Cheers,IW
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22nd March 2013, 09:20 AM #3
Richie,
It looks to me like a quite well made, user-made plane.
There is no certainty that it wasn't made in a small, unrecorded workshop as a commercial enterprise. Sold a few a year, but never marked them.
That lever cap and screw has been seen before, and is possible it was sold separately from the body, with the body or in completed planes from an unknown maker who did not mark the tools.
I have pictures of some planes and the owners prefer privacy, so I will send a PM with a little more info.
Regards,
Peter
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23rd March 2013, 12:43 AM #4Awaiting Email Confirmation
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i agree
as a guy who recently ventured into the infill making, its a great looking plane. I've done a lot of research, and there is(and was) a lot of folks putting these together and doing it very well.
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23rd March 2013, 03:04 PM #5
Looks like this might be part of that family heritage ... but we'd have to ask Mr Robson for all the details ...
It is lovely to use - and I like the look a lot.
Cheers,
Paul
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23rd March 2013, 08:01 PM #6
Perhaps, Paul, though the rear handle on yours has more of a 'factory' look about it. The woodwork is also a Northern Hemisphere wood (Beech), which doesn't preclude the stuffing from being made here, but does suggest yours may have come here as a going concern....
This is pure opinion, based on next to no knowledge of the subject, so discount accordingly!
Cheers,IW
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