Please help me to identify/clarify this shoulder rabbet plan

[Dieter Pietersen]

Hi everyone and thanks for giving me the opportunity to post here.

I need a bit of help to clarify this Eric Preston Shoulder Rabbet plane I acquired some years ago.

It's an EP alright, but compare to the many photos I have seen online this one doesn't have The E and P on the side of the body??

It's a nice little plane and the blade, clamp number match and if you look carefully you can see the number stamped on the front end

Any assistance greatly appreciated

Regards

Dieter

 

[Cheshirechappie]

That's an Edward Preston plane for sure.

The Blackburn Tools website has a catalogue archive which includes one of Richard Melhuish of London. The date is not clear, but I think it's somewhere around 1890 - 1910, judging from the style of the offerings and the prices (perhaps someone with more expertise in the field could confirm or correct?). Your plane is on page 17;

http://blackburntools.com/articles/rose ... o-21-i.pdf

Edit to add - There's a bit more background info on Wikipedia (believe it or not!) which states that not all Preston planes are clearly trade-marked, notably early metal shoulder planes, but they often have assembly numbers. That seems to fit with your example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Preston_%26_Sons

 

[Dieter Pietersen]

Hi CC
Thanks for reply. Had a closer look and yes the plane is stamped with no 21 in 3 places.
I will have look at the links
Thanks again
Dieter