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  1. #1
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    Default Help with Mitre Plane ID

    Evening everyone!

    I'm looking for some help identifying the maker of this Mitre Plane I recently picked up. It looks English to me and is dovetailed. I has an Ibbotson & Sons blade but they manufactured blades for many planemakers so maybe not really a clue.

    What I think is unusual is the high buns at the front and rear... they look to be walnut so somewhat consistent with English makes..looks to be more of a smoothing plane with the bevel down too as opposed to the low angle bevel up mitre planes.

    Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

    Cheers Dan
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    Interesting conversion ! Very nice !
    Its a Mitre plane converted to a smoothing plane . And R. Rogers (Roy ?) if he did the work, has done a smart job of it. It doesn't look like a backyard hack job . More like a 19thC Cabinet Maker who needed a smoothing plane and decided to use a Mitre .
    The original Bridge probably had the original maker stamped on it . You can see it was a screwed in bridge and it has the tongue and grooved sole join at the mouth . But the maker without the stamp is lost for ever Id think . It lines up with other early 19th century quality plane makers. It could easily be a Spiers or Towell possibly , among others, they are two of the common makers for that rare type of plane .
    Some may have never screwed their bridges and only riveted . There are people around who have studied these details to great depth . Not aware of any who may see this thread here.

    Another interesting feature with some of these is the way the U shaped steel heel of the body is joined to the sole . Sometimes you see a peened tenon going through the sole , and sometimes its a dovetail . Others may have no join there. Not sure if that depends on if its an over hanging sole though .

    Here is a link to similar original planes. Mitre plane bridge - Google Search
    Rob

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    Thanks for the information Rob.

    I'm glad I was on the right track as I felt it was a conversion also.

    After looking at it in detail it has all the hallmarks of some of my other early planes from Robert Towell. You're no doubt right that evidence of the original maker is long gone.

    It will make a great addition to the hoard all the same and certainly an oddity!

    Cheers Dan

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