Plane, Jack
- Object Name:
- Plane, Jack
- Object ID:
- 1986.100.02
- Creator:
- Parkin Co.
- Description:
- Pane, jack, owned by John F. D'Orsay of Peterborough, NH. Medium-brown, hardwood. Chamfer starts in small notch left side halfway up front, leads to square front edge, then across top edge to rounded back corner, down side to a notch. Chamfer on right side mirrors that on left. Inclined oval cross-section handle that sticks up from top of plane 3.8". It has backwards curved tab on top. Inlaid into slot in top of body. Slot has square front edge and radius back edge, 3.66" long, 0.95" wide. Shrinkage cracks at edge of slot on left and right side. Slightly recessed flat-head slotted steel wood screw near front handle assembly that extends downward. Cutting surface is flat. Mouth opening 2.08" wide. Blade 2.08" wide. Blade has flat top edge which is turned over in both directions, short clipped corners, some fairly corrosion on blade. Stamp back of blade which is worn, probably one box stamp, serrated rectangular edges, left and top: "PARKIN Co / WARRANTED / CAST * STEEL". Stamps on fore (1), heel (3), horizontal. "J. F. D'ORSAY". One of these is near bottom. Two of them, possibly more near them but there is dry cracked substance over them.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-6.3 W-2.8 L-16.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned by John F. D'Orsay of Peterborough, NH, son-in-law of Capt. Learned Kyes.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Catherine Kyes Elberfeld
- People:
- D'Orsay, John F.
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