This plane is 22" long and has no maker's mark. The iron is 2 1/2" wide is marked: Colquhoun & Cadman, C &C, Go Ahead, Cast Steel, Sheffield. I'd be interested to know how old the plane may be. The handle suits a rather small hand so I wonder if the maker was an apprentice. The screw that holds the iron to the chip breaker has a very worn head so I made a new one.
A Large Wooden Plane
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It's a perfectly ordinary and common plane as made all through the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Some would call it a fore plane; others a try plane; others a (short) jointer - there is no consistency in naming.
Colquohon & Cadman were in business from 1881 to 1900.
The handle is unlikely to be small; have another go but only put three fingers through, leaving your index finger pointing forwards, like you would do with a saw.
The thumb plane on top will be worth more; good useful wooden bench planes often go unsold on eBay and can be had for only a quid or two elsewhere.
Colquohon & Cadman were in business from 1881 to 1900.
The handle is unlikely to be small; have another go but only put three fingers through, leaving your index finger pointing forwards, like you would do with a saw.
The thumb plane on top will be worth more; good useful wooden bench planes often go unsold on eBay and can be had for only a quid or two elsewhere.
lanemaux
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Time I got some glasses I guess. I had to expand the pic to even make out what thumb plane Andy was talking about. That said , Andy is right , as usual. Looks like a fun user as to my mind a woody sliding over wood is both sounding and feeling the best you can in a shop.
Richard T
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Good looking bolt =D>
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