ususal lever cap

[Al Mock MD]

Hello all, I'm a stanley plane collector & recently Ebay'd an extra #5 for parts. It has a most unusual lever cap that I've never seen. It is very rough cast with visible coarse tooling by the pin. The surface above contact with the chip breaker/mouth is polished smooth with a simple asymmetric horizontal scroll. I apologize for not having a place to link the picture. Any ideas? Thanks, al

[Ken Werner]

A picture would sure help...

[Al Mock MD]

If this works, you'll be seeing a bastardized no 4 wearing the aforementioned lever cap. Thanks, Al
http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/12737186@N00/397698108/

[Al Mock MD]

Sorry, I'm better with a hammer.

[Ryan Cathey]

Nobody said anything about it so I guess I will. I looked at the picture but can't enlarge it. If I were to guess though, I'd say the coarse tooling marks are just that; something happened and the owner filed it to a more smooth state. As for the design the person probably just thought it looked cool so he put it on there.

-Ryan C.

[Clint Jones]

Al I cant see the picture but most likely (almost positive) it is a replacement lever cap from a transitional (woody) plane. Transitional planes usually have a coarse top and a smooth bottom part with a scroll type design. You can post a better picture but as I said I am pretty sure it is a transitional cap.

[Al Mock MD]

Thanks Clint! I hadn't considered that possibility but now that you raise it, I'm almost certain you're right. I don't collect transitionals (yet:rolleyes: ) but I seem to recall many of them having a crosshatched lever cap. I heard mention of the "pic police" and as a newby, I was hesitant to push the posted image constraints. Thanks for your help & the encyclopedia of knowledge you share here, Al

[Steve Evans]

Al

Just so you know, the so-called "pic police" are the ones who will abuse you (all in good fun or course) if you post a gloat without visual documentation.

Steve