GGs,

Brent asks about a J Pearce woodie with a Sorby Iron, Tony Sez:

>J. Pearce was a hardware store brand name used by H. Chapin - Union
>   Factory 1828-1860.

I suggest Tony has the dates for J Pearce usage wrong. I have a jack and
fore plane, both nicely shaped (for factory), in very nice condition
with super tight mouths. Both my J Pearce planes have Chapin Stephens
marked irons which puts the date for mine at 1901- 1929. I don't know
how much earlier this mark was used.

Regards, Wade

>>> Anthony Seo  11/27/01 08:28AM >>>
At 04:55 PM 11/26/01 -0800, Brent Beach wrote:
>Picked up a wooden jack, quite old looking, stamped
>
>   J. Pearce New York
>
>   No. 109
>
>I have no records of this maker for any old tools, so would appreciate
>knowing when Pearce was making planes.

J. Pearce was a hardware store brand name used by H. Chapin - Union
   Factory 1828-1860.

>The iron has a slightly interesting feature, if having a strange cap
>iron screw can be interesting. This screw is hollow, and even
>stranger, the hollow is threaded! It must be a replacement, or did
>they ever do this sort of thing? What would a screw with a threaded
>interior be used for?
>
>The iron is a laminated Robt Sorby with the kangaroo imprint.

That is a replacement iron..Chapin Bench planes would have had an
American iron (I don't have any here at present but I have seen Chapin
marked irons, although I do believe they used others as well).

Tony

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