I spent last Saturday afternoon at the Liberty Antiques Festival, and was able to pick up some new (to me) toys while I was there. I am not sure if these are worth anything, but I thought they were cool. Maybe the experts here will know more about them than I do.....
This Bailey #5 will be a user once I clean it up.
I am even thinking about using the wooden planes (I'll let the experts [STRIKE]slap me[/STRIKE] chime in if these shouldn't be used for any reason).
The first one has a maker's mark of "John Bell, Philad." The guy I bought it from claimed it would have been somewhere in the 1829 to 1851 range, based on the maker. I have not researched this to confirm. It is also marked with "W. A. Unger", which I assume would have been the owner, and "7/8" which looks like the diameter of the cutter.
The last one is a beading plane. The only marking is "No 123".
Dave
This Bailey #5 will be a user once I clean it up.
I am even thinking about using the wooden planes (I'll let the experts [STRIKE]slap me[/STRIKE] chime in if these shouldn't be used for any reason).
The first one has a maker's mark of "John Bell, Philad." The guy I bought it from claimed it would have been somewhere in the 1829 to 1851 range, based on the maker. I have not researched this to confirm. It is also marked with "W. A. Unger", which I assume would have been the owner, and "7/8" which looks like the diameter of the cutter.
The last one is a beading plane. The only marking is "No 123".
Dave