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WP110364 E. W. Carpenter, Lancaster, Improved Arms Patent An E. W. Carpenter patent plow in boxwood and rosewood. This plane has the owner's mark of two generations of Gotwalt. The elder Gotwalt was the lead carpenter on the York county courthouse, according to the consignor of this plane. The contrast between the rosewood and the boxwood is really lovely. The brass trim on this plane all has a nice mellow patina. The rosewood wedge is pretty beat up, but otherwise the plane has no detractions. One of the two large rosewood knobs that rotate the arms appears to be replaced, but it is very well done and certainly requires close scrutiiny to raise any alarms. There are also numerous small dings in the top of the body behind the iron, as if the owner kept missing the iron when trying to adjust it. This is a very nice example with great provenance. It currently belongs to a collector who is downsizing an important Pennsylvania collection. G+ $4995

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WP120126 Griffiths, Norwich An untouched and particularly nice British sash fillester with double dovetailed boxing. This plane was nicely waxed by a collector, but has all its original patina. A hard thing to find in a nice British tool. A recent phone conversation brought to my attention that many people do not understand this tool. I will put something in the FAQs section. In short, it cuts on the opposite side of the work from where the fence is touching, so you get a constant width of uncut material. With a normal fillester you get a constant width of cut materal. For some applications, such the rebate on the top of a drawer, this is the tool that you need. Unless your drawers are always perfectly matched in thickness, you will not get a good result using a standard fillester for this application. No well equipped cabinet shop should be without one. G+ Sold

100420 Early Carved Plane An beautiful carved European smoothing plane, presumably 18th or possibly early 19th Century. These types of craftsperson made planes are notoriously hard to date, and while I don't think that it would be later, I could believe that it was earlier. This plane has a North Wind figure blowing up at the user as he planes. The plane has a horn in the front, that is carved with a scroll. The plane is hornbeam, the horn is beech, and there is an applied sole that was probably added to compensate for wear, and is maple. This plane has a wonderful patina, and has always been well cared for, but well used. The blade is all but worn out. The wedge is clearly period, but I have no way to tell for sure if is original or not. I would guess that this plane is either German, Swiss, or Austrian, but again this is just an educated guess. Formerly in the Dermot and Cynthia Roche collection, as sold by David Stanley some years ago, this is a museum quality tool. Measures 10 inches overall. G+ $1795