GG's:


Further research on my newly-acquired 8-inch Liberty Bell smoother at the
following site reveals that it is "correct" to have no marking on the toe.


http://www.richmondantiquetools.com/Liby%20Bell%20Type%20Study%20_2_.pdf


My example, which is an 8-inch Number 122, matches the Type 4A description
exactly, including the "O" trademark.  So, this is the opposite of a
Frankenplane - it's a 108-year-old tool which somehow came through more than a
century of time with all of its parts correct and neither heavily worn nor
beaten up!


So, I now know it's a circa 1909 plane.  I see that this #122 corresponds in
size to a Bailey #3.  As Scott G. stated, maybe $30 wasn't such a bad price
after all.  When was the last time I bought a tool this old that only needs
dusting?  It's even sharp!   [?]


John Ruth
Ah, if antique tools could talk, what stories they would tell !

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From: OldTools  on behalf of scott grandstaff

Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 12:54:19 AM
To: porch
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Old Tools Are......Where You Find Them.

I am not sure it was an ungloatable price.
I suppose it matters where you are located on the continent.
  an 8 in sweet condition would not be ordinary in my own travels on the
second hand circuit.
A transitional jack plane in broken deplorable,
why-would-anyone-ever-fish-it-back-outta-the-fire, condition? Yeah I
would might see one of those in a hard enough search.
   so whatever it cost you today, its nice and its
  yours
Scott
ps I bought a frankenplane today. details to follow


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