You are bidding on one lot of 2 plane irons and 7 chip breakers or cap irons as pictured. There are some condition issues, and the widths are random, so please keep reading.
Widths noted below are measured at the sharp or lower edges.
Included are:
front row left to right
--- a chip breaker that is unmarked, and it doesn't have the screw. Width is very close to 1-5/8", length is about 4-3/8". Some rust and pitting.
--- a chip breaker that is marked with some tiny lettering, and I can't make it out. There is an iron cross logo, and I would guess that it is British. It might be a W Butcher, as he used an iron cross logo, but I can't get the letters to look like his name. The screw is included. Width is about 2-1/8", and overall length is about 4-15/16". Good condition, dings on the edges, no pitting but there is some casting roughness on the back side.
--- a chip breaker that is unmarked. The screw is included but it is frozen in place and doesn't want to turn, although I didn't put much effort into getting it to turn. Width is about a 32nd under 2", and overall length is about 4-9/16". Some scattered areas of heavy rust which will have pitting underneath.
--- a chip breaker with a faint mark that I think is "BUCK BROS". The screw is included. Width is about a 32nd under 2", and overall length is about 4-15/16". Lots of rust and pitting on both sides.
--- a plane iron that is marked "SA..................OL CO WARRANTED CAST STEEL". The top of the mark has been cut off, but it is undoubtedly a SANDUSKY TOOL CO iron. Width is about a 32nd over 2", and overall length is about 6-11/16". It is a laminated and tapered iron. Good condition below the bottom of the slot, some light pitting above that on the front, and a bit of heavier pitting about halfway up on the back side. And the top must have been quite peened over, as it still shows signs of that even after being cut or ground down.
--- a plane iron that is marked "SANDUSKY TOOL CO WARRANTED CAST STEEL". Width is very close to 2-1/4", and overall length is about 7-15/16". It is a laminated and tapered iron. Lots of scattered pitting on both sides, with the heaviest next to the sharp edge.
--- a chip breaker that is marked "WARD". The screw is missing. Width is about a 32nd under 2-1/4", and overall length is about 5-1/8". Fair condition, with some scattered bits of rust and light pitting, some dings on the back side, and the lower edge is rough.
back row left to right:
--- a chip breaker that is marked "W BUTCHER SHEFFIELD" with his arrow and iron cross logo. The screw is missing, but more interestingly the hole is not threaded. Width is about a 32nd under 2-3/8", and overall length is about 5-3/16". Some dings on the edges, some scattered little spots of pitting on the front, some rust on the back, and it has a lot of curvature when viewed from either side.
--- and a chip breaker that is not marked. The screw is missing. Width is a hair over 2", and overall length is about 4-3/16". Lots of rust and pitting on both sides, with the least near the lower edge on both sides.
That makes a total of 2 irons and 7 chip breakers, of which 3 have screws.
The winner gets all 9 pieces (12 if you count the screws), I'm not going to split them up.
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