Sandusky Plane

[Kyle Kraft]

My brother in law gave me a wooden plane and on the iron it says Sandusky somethin' somethin'. Any of you neanders ever hear of them? It looks pretty old.

[Dan Forman]

Don't have much detail for you, but Sandusky was one of the more common wooden planes of the era. Try Google for more info.


Dan

[Wiktor Kuc]

There is a bit of a history here:

http://www.wkfinetools.com/hUS/mfg/Sandusky/index.asp (http://www.wkfinetools.com/hUS/mfg/Sandusky/index.asp)

Some of the most expensive collctable planes were made by this company.

The image shows an Exhibition Plow Plane sold on October 23, 2004 for $114,400 at Brown Auction.

Hope this helps...

[James Mittlefehldt]

Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't Sandusky connected somehow with Ohio Tool or am I being confused by geographical proximity.

[Kyle Kraft]

Thanks for the replies, but my plane looks like a chunk of 4x4 with a 2 1/2" plane iron stuck in the middle of it.....pretty interesting reading though on the Sandusky tool co.

[Wiktor Kuc]

James,

The Ohio Tool Co. is a different company from Sandusky Tool Co.

There is some history abou Ohio Tool Co. here:

http://pages.friendlycity.net/~krucker/OhioTool/history.htm

Hope this helps.

[James Mittlefehldt]

Thanks Wiktor yes that clears it up, I was always a bit confused that every time I put in Ohio Tool on ebay Sandusky pops up frequently as well.