Jumble Sale finds - hand planes...

[Lee J]

I was at a craft/recycle fair in York today and on a stall was this little lot...

£20 for the lot... I kid you not!

Now not being an expert I would appreciate any info on what they are, the makers, approx age etc.
Here we go...

1. Has a blade stamped 'Atkinson Brothers, Sheffield' ...

2. W Fox 1/2

3. W Fox 3/8

4. This is a beauty... G Davis is stamped on it...

5. A pair of No.4's in need of a fettle. One is a Record No.04 and the other is a Record Bailey No.04

6. And thrown in was this Kunz Germany spoke shave needing a blade and a vernier needing somes screws.

Did I get ripped off for my £20 ?

Any help identifying would be great.

 

[Cheshirechappie]

OK - from the top:

1) Bismarck plane, or scrub plane - probably pre-WW1, not sure that the iron is original, but it looks like a decent one nonetheless.

2 and 3) I think these are both sash planes, for cutting the decorative profile on sash window bars. W. Fox is probably the namestamp of a former owner; the maker's mark, if there is one, is usually on the top of the toe end of the plane.

4) A rather nice-looking moving fillister plane; a rebate plane with adjustable fence and depthstop, usable both with and across the grain since it's got a nicker iron. It's a good 'un because it's still got the nicker iron and wedge on the side, and they look original - they are often missing or broken. G.Davis is listed in Goodman as a Birmingham maker, working between 1823 and 1872. I'd say that was one of his later planes.

5) Not my field, but both of those look like 1950s-ish, and consequently good 'uns.

6) Just a bit of icing for the cake.

The moving fillister on it's own is about £30-£40 worth, the woody moulding planes about a fiver each, the scrub maybe a tenner, and the smoothers will be worth a bit more for some tlc. All in all, that's a very good £20-worth.

PS - There are a couple of recent threads in the handtools section of the forum (should you dare to venture there) on cleaning and resusitating moulding planes.

 

[AndyT]

Like CC said, but I wouldn't assume that the horned plane is a scrub. It's true to say that old English catalogues and books do show a plane like this for use with a heavily cambered blade, but in much of the rest of Europe it's just the default style. So it may well have a straight edged iron and be a more general purpose small plane. The stamp on it looks like the address of a Dutch maker or retailer; the iron could well have been exported there from Sheffield, or else be a UK-sourced replacement.

And you certainly got your money's worth!

PS - I just spotted the pun in the iron maker's trademark - nice one!

 

[Lee J]

thank you for all that info. much appreciated

 

[jimi43]

Lovely old planes Lee....an absolute bargain there for sure.

Values are difficult to estimate these days because of the recent rise in woodie prices on FleaBay it is anyone's guess how much these would go for but the moving fillister alone is worth twice your outlay just for one.

My Gabriel eventually became one...

http://www.ktproductions.co.uk/woodwork ... C_2199.JPG

..and they are without doubt the most wonderful of planes...so complex and yet so simple at the same time. Nice find.

The Dutch horn plane is rather cute...nice and narrow and Atkins made great steel...a nice combination and would make a superb scrub by rounding the iron.

The two Bailey planes are mid 20thC and you would get a fiver each for those if not more cleaned up.

Next time you get a find like this...post it in the HAND TOOL forum and it won't get missed by us woodie nutters!

Jim