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I bought 4 hand planes from a garage sale, at $1 to $2 each. None were in great condition, but all look restorable for usage in my shop. This is one of them.

The others were Stanleys and all appear to be early 1900's range.
  • #4 dated 1910
  • #103 (edit: ?) (undated) (edit: #110!) (edit: ?)
  • #51 Spokeshave

However, I cannot seem to identify this one, or find any planes that look anything like it. Do any of you have ideas?

Tool Household hardware Hand tool Wood Metal


PS: I'm a hand plane n00b.
 

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Haven't seen one quite like that before. Can you provide any more information? Length, width, any markings on the blade. Looks like something is cast into the bed at the rear, what does that say?
 
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Here are more markings. On the heel it says "Made in USA" and on one of the sides, it says "$1".

Width: 2", Length: 6.5". Blade width: 1 5/8"

Here are more pictures, as well as a pic of the plane with its brothers & sisters from the garage sale.

Plane Wood Smoothing plane Hand tool Hardwood


Wood Gas Hardwood Metal Hand tool


Wood Musical instrument Metal Gas Hardwood


Wood Gas Auto part Metal Fastener


Hand Finger Nail Wood Thumb


Wood Finger Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Auto part


Sports equipment Rebate plane Skateboard Wood Block plane
 

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Here are more markings. On the heel it says "Made in USA" and on one of the sides, it says "$1".

- keith204
^ lawl at the "on one of the sides, it says $1"

:)

It's a cool block. Looks like the cap was a pretty rough casting. Have no idea who made it, good find for a buck though!
 
#9 ·
With this design, it doesn't seem like there's much leverage to keep the iron anchored down in place. The screw is small, and the cap iron doesn't seem to have enough length to do provide much leverage.

From what I can see of it, that #4 looks like a steal for $2.00!

- CharlieM1958
Yeah, it does. The tote is pretty rough, broken, wobbly, and hacked (looks like somebody tried to drill out the screw, and failed, so they just used epoxy everywhere). But that can be made anew. I already printed out the template from Lee Valley, and ordered the replacement screws. The cap iron has a chip in it, but won't affect common usage. The sole is really fairly flat. It's actually quite a bit flatter than a brand new Stanley block plane I "restored" a couple weeks ago.
 
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your plane is a Knapp Iron Block Plane, manufactured by A. Lawson in Shelton CT 1945-50 for Belknap Hardware Co, reference vol 2 PTMPIA page 306

- Don W
Alright great!(?) Is there anything in particular you can tell me about it? or do I need to go buy the book? :)

If it's worth virtually nothing, I'll restore it for shop use. If it's worth something, then I'd hate to do that since my hand-plane restoration process may not necessarily be that of a collector.
 
#16 ·
I've pretty much told you everything in the book. It doesn't give values, and being it's for Belknap, I doubt its extremely valuable, but that's just a guess. Its also on the very last pages of the book, which doesn't scream value either.
 
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