Wooden plane makers october 7, 2013 by richard maguire 6 comments this years european woodworking show (a couple of weeks back) was definitely the busiest one yet.. For the advanced collector of american wooden planes. g+ $195 wp160656 ohio tool co. it is made from a dense tropical wood and i suspect from the shape of the wedge that it is south american. the blade is nicely marked, john green. the makers marks is really blurred but it might be benton, leeds. the surface and color on this plane are. There are a vast number of antique wood planes in existence often causing confusion surrounding their identification. often makers' marks, company names or other identifying characteristics have worn away with time and use. resources for identifying antique wood planes..
My wood carving; hazard knowles patented hand saw. don, july 7, 2018. a quest for early american plane makers. francis nicholson (believed to be the earliest documented plane maker) (b 1683 – d 1753) mark – f.nicholson very early 1700’s in wrentham ma.. This antique wooden skewed rabbet (or shoulder) plane features its original blade and is marked, "n. spaulding mclean," indicating that it was made by nathaniel spaulding of mclean, new york, who made planes in mcclean from 1824 to 1860 before moving to ithica and changing his maker's mark.. Dai (wooden plane block) makers isao inomoto, the older of the inomoto brothers, has been making dais out of sanjo for over 50 years. according to tomohito iida, the younger inomoto only sold dais to users directly..
