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   Segil | Sep 22, 2005 11:59am | #1

   Malcolm,

        I've seen these planes before.  They came with several different soles, each with its own shape for certain types of planing, mostly varying degrees of curve .  Presumably, each sole had a corresponding iron, although the wedge should be universal.  I'm afraid this plane body got seperated from the rest of the kit.  If you can't sell it.  use a replacement iron and make the wedge yourself.  Shouldn't be too hard.

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   philip | Sep 22, 2005 11:59am | #2

   Malcolm, why don't you send pictures to The Superior Works-Patrick's Blood&Gore-he'll probably identify it and tell you what it is worth.
   If you have a Stanley #112 or #212 in any of those boxes do not hesitate to send to me-all my planes are of such dubious parentage , they leave such rough surfaces, so I always use scrapers....
   What else was in the boxes?

   Philip Marcou
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   Malcolm | Sep 22, 2005 12:08pm | #3

   > If you have a Stanley #112 or #212 <

   Afraid not! I'm still working through the contents. I bought the two boxes mainly for themselves (dovetailed mahogany tool chests with fitted interiors, made by the tradesman who used them) and for the 30 carving chisels - lovely tools!

   Malcolm

    

    

    http://www.macpherson.co.nz

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   philip | Sep 22, 2005 12:24pm | #4

   I thought it was a long shot.
   What make are the carving chisels?Philip Marcou

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   Malcolm | Sep 22, 2005 02:44pm | #5

   What make are the carving chisels?

   Some are marked C. Nurse & Co Invicta Works, some say Wade Cast Steel, and some are Marples with the trefoil trademark. All have round handles of boxwood or another pale coloured wood whose name I can't for the moment remember [hornbeam!]. They are stamped with their original owners names, in some cases with more than one name. Many have J. Samson stamped on them, which is nice because my late mother's maiden name was Samson. She was an apprentice dressmaker in WW2, and one of the handles has a very attractive and skilled scrimshaw-like illustration of a woman in 1920s style fashion clothing inscribed on it.

   The Nurse and Wade chisels are 15 inches long, with 9.5 inch blades, the Marples are 11 inches. 

   Malcolm 

   http://www.macpherson.co.nz

   Edited 9/22/2005 4:33 pm ET by Malcolm