Thank you, Steve. The first one is close, but different enough. Is it  
safe to assume, that Stanley never used the kind of adjuster on my  
plane? The problem with German tools is, that they are often unmarked.  
My #2200 has only 'Germany' on the iron.

What I'm after is this:
There are tools marked 'JORDAN GERMANY'. While JORDAN is the name of the  
US importer, these tools were made in Germany. Who made these tools?  
Most of these tools I have or saw on ebay have no maker's mark. But  
there are other signs. The most unusual Jordan tool, a no. 3 smoothing  
plane, has a depth adjuster, which is also found on other planes:
http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/jordan/n3_2_2.jpg
I have a #3 just like the Jordan, but marked with 'Tum'. Wade McDonald  
shows a block plane (#103?) with the same mark and adjuster:
http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/MesquiteTools/Info/Info.html 
The 'Tum' mark belongs to the German company Tillmanns & Maier. Whether  
it was written in script or in block letters, I do not know. Because  
this company was advertised as making iron planes and even held a  
patent, I like to believe that this is their mark, and they also made  
the various Jordan planes.
Still more questions than answers.

Wolfgang in Munich/Germany

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Reynolds [mailto:s.e.reynolds@v...] 
>Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:59 PM
>To: Jordan, Wolfgang; oldtools
>Subject: Re: [oldtools] Questions about my #220(0)
>
>Similar, but different:
>
>http://www.datamp.org/displayPatent.php?number=3D89369&type=3DUT
>http://www.datamp.org/displayPatent.php?number=3D144823&type=3DUT
>
>That's the closest art I can find in a quick search.
>
>Regards,
>Steve

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