Kees Heiden
04-10-2014, 4:01 PM
As promissed, here are a few pictures of my "new" rabbet plane. I saw it as an older advertisement on a local craigslist like list. Typically something that interests me, but I allready have too much stuff, so I offered a very low 5 euro. Within 15 minutes I got an email back that my offer was accepted!
So, today it arrived. It is in remarkably good shape for a plane from late 18th century. It has the mark from Pieter van Duijl, planemaker in Rotterdam, either the father or the son. Dates are from 1755 to 1805 acording to the book from Gerrit van der Sterre.
The plane is very long, I guess it is a typical carpenters plane. There is a mark on the iron, but I can't really read it. It is really nothing special overhere in The Netherlands, but I like it. Nice carving on the front. An iron strike button. The wedge is a little short as I may say so, that would make for easy chattering. If I have a bit of time this weekend I 'll try to get it up and running.
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll266/Kees2351/plane/99159606-09cd-486d-849e-a3c0fff5c535_zps46602f85.jpg (http://s290.photobucket.com/user/Kees2351/media/plane/99159606-09cd-486d-849e-a3c0fff5c535_zps46602f85.jpg.html)
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll266/Kees2351/plane/IMG_1239_zpsc2148c5f.jpg (http://s290.photobucket.com/user/Kees2351/media/plane/IMG_1239_zpsc2148c5f.jpg.html)
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll266/Kees2351/plane/IMG_1241_zps51c09517.jpg (http://s290.photobucket.com/user/Kees2351/media/plane/IMG_1241_zps51c09517.jpg.html)
So, today it arrived. It is in remarkably good shape for a plane from late 18th century. It has the mark from Pieter van Duijl, planemaker in Rotterdam, either the father or the son. Dates are from 1755 to 1805 acording to the book from Gerrit van der Sterre.
The plane is very long, I guess it is a typical carpenters plane. There is a mark on the iron, but I can't really read it. It is really nothing special overhere in The Netherlands, but I like it. Nice carving on the front. An iron strike button. The wedge is a little short as I may say so, that would make for easy chattering. If I have a bit of time this weekend I 'll try to get it up and running.
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll266/Kees2351/plane/99159606-09cd-486d-849e-a3c0fff5c535_zps46602f85.jpg (http://s290.photobucket.com/user/Kees2351/media/plane/99159606-09cd-486d-849e-a3c0fff5c535_zps46602f85.jpg.html)
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll266/Kees2351/plane/IMG_1239_zpsc2148c5f.jpg (http://s290.photobucket.com/user/Kees2351/media/plane/IMG_1239_zpsc2148c5f.jpg.html)
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll266/Kees2351/plane/IMG_1241_zps51c09517.jpg (http://s290.photobucket.com/user/Kees2351/media/plane/IMG_1241_zps51c09517.jpg.html)