Strange, old, all-metal hand plane

I have no clue or guess w out seeing the actual picture.. Have you got the plane? If you do have you tried cleaning it yet? A lot of times you will find some kind of markings from the maker.

-- Dan - "Collector of Hand Planes"

I’ve never seen anything like it; but I really like it. The tote’s got an infill look to it.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Looking forward to the photo as well.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Might be a patternmaker’s plane with changeable wood soles for
different profiles. The planes would be fitted with different soles
matched to shaped irons.

Just speculating really. A picture of the actual plane is the
only way to speculate more accurately.

Update with pictures (see first post).

-- More tools, fewer machines.

It looks like it is used as is without a wood sole. Can you show a photo of the sole of the plane? A view of the mouth would be useful. Looks like a Birmingham Patented 1884 Metal Fore Plane.

http://www.patented-antiques.com/Tools_MiscPlanes.htm

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Oh wow. Interesting.

There are no mounting holes in the sole?

Could it be a blacksmith-made plane for an iron shop sign? You know,
the sort of thing meant to make a silhouette that sits on top of a
beam or sign-post sticking out into the street.

Could be an ice plane.

Go to this site: http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html
or use this e-mail address: [email protected]

The guys name is Patrick Leach. he should be able to answer any question you have about planes.

Good Luck.

-- I grow ever more accomplished at turning a perfectly good piece of wood into sawdust.

I don’t own the tool (yet). I’m not sure whether it’s worth buying.

Would the plane be worth anything in the condition shown above?

-- More tools, fewer machines.

Almost certainly NO.

For one thing, it appears to be broken on the side.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

if i found it
i’d get it
probably the only
one you will ever see

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

here is a another member of it’s family

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-BIRMINGHAM-Bat-Wing-Rabbet-Plane-5-15-16-in-Long-/120729195475?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1c0553d3

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

I’m with David on this BUY IT ! Unless the price is way way high.. You could probably make your money back reselling and then some.

-- Glen, B.C. Canada

I’d probably buy it, but it doesn’t take much for me. Thanks for posting this interesting plane.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog