Wooden Scrub Plane ID

[Dave Lehnert]

Found this wooden scrub plane today at an antique shop. Thought it was a nice find.
The iron is Buck Brothers. Did Buck Brothers make wooden scrub planes or just the iron?
Any and all information anyone has about this plane I would be interested in hearing.
Anyone know why the owner may have drilled two holes in the side of the plane? The one by the horn is only 1/2" deep the other is about half way through.

The plane had an owners name stamped in it. I was able to find a record of this name. He was a gentleman in his 90's when he passed in the 1980's.

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[John Vernier]

Buck Brothers didn't make planes, only irons and other edge tools.
This is a continental style plane. The Germans favored this kind of scrub plane, but I've seen similar ones from France and Holland, and they could be more widespread than that, of course. Some British plane makers offered German style scrub planes in their catalogs, where they were sometimes referred to as Bismarcks. I don't know if any American manufacturers made German style planes, but I expect they were popular in the German-influenced areas of Pennsylvania, for instance. With no maker's markings on the wooden body, it's going to be tough to pin this one down.

[Dave Lehnert]

Buck Brothers didn't make planes, only irons and other edge tools.
This is a continental style plane. The Germans favored this kind of scrub plane, but I've seen similar ones from France and Holland, and they could be more widespread than that, of course. Some British plane makers offered German style scrub planes in their catalogs, where they were sometimes referred to as Bismarcks. I don't know if any American manufacturers made German style planes, but I expect they were popular in the German-influenced areas of Pennsylvania, for instance. With no maker's markings on the wooden body, it's going to be tough to pin this one down.



A Google search of the name on the plane connect it to a gentleman that lived in Connecticut.
The name was a bit unusual so I think I'm on the right track.

There are other names on the plane but cant make them out completely because of hammer marks. One is "Hamm"
The other ends with "Oray" Maybe two letters before Oray I cant make out. This name is placed on the front where you would think a makes mark would be.
All the markings of names looked to have been stamped with some kind of lettering tool vs just hand carved.

[Dave Lehnert]

Another question.

What would you do about the cracks on the sole of the plane, Fill them in or let alone?

[Jim Koepke]

Have you looked in the Neanderthal wisdom/FAQs section?

Bob Smalser has a post on how to resole a wooden plane.

It is a link in the "Neanderthal Sticky Threads" at the top of the forum.

jtk

[Dave Lehnert]

Have you looked in the Neanderthal wisdom/FAQs section?

Bob Smalser has a post on how to resole a wooden plane.

It is a link in the "Neanderthal Sticky Threads" at the top of the forum.

jtk

Thanks! Will have a look

Here is the link for anyone interested.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?8351-Rehabbing-Woodies&highlight=chisel