Wooden plane - info?

I found this, maybe it will help lead you in the right direction. http://people.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive/get.phtml?message_id=76304&submit_thread=1

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

You have a transitional plane. At 15 inches it would be considered a “Jack”. Teh name is confusing because there were cast iron planes while these were popular and there is nothing “transitional about them in an evolutionary sense. It is just that they combine the advantage of ease of adjustment with the traditional wood on wood sole. I have no idea who the maker was. For a lot of good information on planes pick up Garrett Hack’s “Handplane Book”. There is no reason you can’t tune this plane up and use it. The sole can be laped on sand paper on a smooth surface. Enjoy it.

I just read Daren’s link. Good information

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Ditto what Thos. said.

One of your concerns with an old transitional is how worn the base is – especially how “open” the mouth is – I can’t expalin the mechanics but it makes it difficult to plane fine shavings if there’s too much distance between the blade and the wood of the front edge of the mouth.

Your plane was made for the Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett Hardware Co. of Chicago by Stanley and other manufacturers of the era. “Revonoc” was the hardware co. brand name.

-- Paul, Texas

Thanks for the info all. And BTW the mouth is quite “open”. I tried to get the iron back so it would not cut into the surface I have it sitting on. No such luck…. Oh well, it looks good where it is, I think I will leave it there as a display.

-- If it ain't country, it ain't music!