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269322 Bill Ghio 2019‑10‑15 Re: Goodell Pratt breast drill N0. 186/187?
> On Oct 14, 2019, at 5:30 PM, Ed Minch  wrote:
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> ANy picture of the “several not so common" planes?


No other pics. There were a couple dozen woodies, mostly beads, misc. H&R’s,
rabbets, a smoother and several try planes. Both sash planes were c. 1830’s and
adjustable for width. One had nice boxwood nuts. What was most unusual to me was
that altho the planes, from a variety of manuf., spanned a period from mid-1830
to mid-1890, they only had one owner’s mark. And, the “owner’s mark” was a
flower. It was stamped into the end grain and consisted of a curvy stalk, a
couple of leaves and a daisy like flower. It did not have any meaning for the
current owner of the planes. He said it was not related to the family names.

Bill

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