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?
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?
I'm pretty good with internet research, and I own a bunch of old planes, but this one has me stumped. I'm guessing it's a design that wasn't around very long.
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!
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.
There was one like it in the local antique mall recently. It had no other markings to help with identification but it was intriging to look at. I found the placement of the knob quite unique. Hopefully someone will come up with ID.
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.
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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