Plane

Object Name:

Plane

Object ID:

1979.070.055

Description:

Plane, "L DODGE", "A V". Medium-brown, fine-grained hardwood with annular rings on both sides and some grain flecks on left side with some smaller flecks on right side. Sole surface is curved upward at ends. Front sole height 2.1", heel sole height 1.9". Chamfer starts at nick at front, goes up front to square front corner, across top to rounded back corner, down side to a groove. Right side mirrors left side. Flat, tapering chamfer across edge of sole from throat to heel and similar chamfer on right side. At front is tapering chamfer that increases in width as it proceeds from throat to toe. Same flat chamfer on right side. Sole surface at rear has a number of tool marks in it and it has some uneven bumps in it. Configuration of chamfers and sole surface makes it look like it was reconfigured after it was originally made. Cutting pattern is flat surface. Iron width 1". Hammer marks on heel. Stamp on left side near back that is partially obscured. "L DODGE". Inverted stamp on right side: "L DODGE". Darkening of wood around this second stamp. On toe are a couple of vertical marks, both incomplete, one faces left side which is a box stamp with serrated bottom edge:"[..]. DOD[G].." Another stamp facing right side may have 3 characters: "A....[V]". Some hammer and other marks on toe. Two irons, cutting and back iron, wedged in place. Ends of iron tangs are both turned over slightly from being struck and both have bends in them.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Iron

Dimensions:

H-5.5 L-9.4 D-1 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of George F. Sawyer

People:

Dodge, Leonard (1805-1863)