Plane iron, can anyone ID this partial Sheffield stamp?

[ED65]

Meant to post this a while ago, this non-Stanley iron was in the no. 4 I restored recently:

The MADE IN ENGLAND and SHEFFIELD CAST STEEL are easy enough to figure out from what remains but I'm at a loss about what the brand was.

_ _ _NER? _ _ _ _ I E R?

 

[bugbear]

I've posted photographic tips in other threads, which might help.

But my guess would be RAPIER.

This is not identical to yours, but it's very very similar.

BugBear

 

[Fitzroy]

Damn you bugbear! I know nothing of vintage planes, but I love a challenge to sue the internet to find an answer, and I had just come to the same answer. Strongest evidence is from http://lumberjocks.com/topics/62108, pic 1/3 way down page, shows iron with Rapier inside an elongated oval. You can just make out the remnants of the oval on the OP original pic around the R.

F.

 

[bugbear]

Damn you bugbear!

Sorry about that.

Mind you, I was expecting AndyT to jump in within seconds.

BugBear

 

[ED65]

Thank you gents! I should have thought of Rapier darn it, but initially I was convinced it was the remains of an M which led me down the wrong track. I only later considered it was more likely to be an N or possibly an H and only just thought it might be an I.

 

[AndyT]

Damn you bugbear!

Sorry about that.

Mind you, I was expecting AndyT to jump in within seconds.

BugBear

I was busy yesterday... :wink: