AS OLD AS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, A SET  OF 13 HOLLOW AND ROUND MOULDING PLANES, MADE IN ENGLAND BY SAMUEL KING, WHO WAS MAKING BY 1776 (SEE BPM3 P307), AND FOLLOWED HIS FATHER HENRY, WHO WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1744.

13 PLANES IN THE FOLLOWING SIZES: 17R 17H 15R 15H 13R 13H 11R 11H  10R 9R 5R 3H 3R. 

THESE ARE A HISTORIC SET OF HOLLOW AND ROUND MOULDING PLANES AND A TESTIMONY TO 18thC PLANEMAKING. THEY ARE ALMOST 250 YEARS OF AGE BUT ARE EMINENTLY USEABLE. THE STOCKS HAVE SOME STAINING BUT NO WORM OR ROT. THE MOUTHS ARE GOOD AND TIGHT. THE TIPS OF THE BLADES HAVE SOME CORROSION, AS PER PIC 10, BUT ARE NEAR FULL LENGTH AND HAVE PLENTY OF GOOD STEEL REMAINING. IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE TO FIND THESE PLANES STILL TOGETHER AFTER ALMSOT 250 YEARS. A TRUE RARITY!


 

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