Picked up a few planes today and this one doesn't have a makers mark.I am not knowledgable in planes and I know some of you gents are….any help is appreciated.
Is it about 18" long? It would be a size #6 then. The lever cap looks like a transplant. It used to reside on a Transitional plane by Stanley.
Is there any markings on the cutter/iron? Maybe a maker's mark? Any numbers cast into the base? Might, just MIGHT be a frakened Ohio Tool Company 06. The lever cap maybe from a similar sized Trans plane. Shine it up! Sharpen the iron!
Based on the twisted lever adjust and frog, I would say it's a union plane. You would have to clean the blade to conferm. If is is a union it has a replacement lever cap. an original is not japanned and is flat some have union embossed in it..
The lateral looks like a union or Ohio tools. Ohio tools always marked their planes with something like "06", so I'm guessing its a Union made no-name. Clean the top of the iron and see if you see any markings.
There's no good picture of the tote, but that looks like a shop made replacement too.
I agree with Bandit, the cap is off a trasitional.
Thanks for the responses. I plan on doing a more detailed inspection of it later today and will put some pictures up. It was thrown in as a package deal with three other planes that I picked up off craigslist along with some other odds and ends. Im looking forward to cleaning it up and giving it a nice edge.
I cleaned the plane up a bit and found a Stanley marking on the top of the blade. I also picked up an Ulmia jack plane , a Steiner with a convex iron, and a Dunlap. I really don't know much about them all but the iron on the Ulmia looks pretty sturdy. Any more info on the quality of the planes would be nice.
The Ulmia planes are German made and are high quality planes.
I think Dunlap were lesser quality brands made for Sears.
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