Plane

Object Name:

Plane

Object ID:

1979.070.073

Description:

Plane, curved. Fine-grained, light-brown hardwood. Annular rings prominent on toe and heel. Four small worm holes sole and right side. Chamfer starts approximately halfway up front, runs to square front across top to rounded back corner and halfway down side. Right side mirrors left side. Cutting pattern is curved rectangular slot. Iron width 0.8". Slot depth 0.45". Circular tapered throat, then it tapers out toward left side. Top edge curves down then upwards toward bed. End of wedge has slightly curved surface to it. Mouth and throat and cheeks on right side that would probably hold a small vertically oriented iron that would cut the outside edge of slot. Slot curved. Left side of plane body concave. Toe height with convex side facing upward: 1.4". Highest point is 2.3". Heel height 1.35". Distance between heel and toe is 8.7". Iron has tang on left side and it is angled towards left side. Some inactive corrosion on it. Single straight line across tang near top end.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Iron

Dimensions:

H-5.4 L-8.72 D-1.5 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of George F. Sawyer