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>The plane is 9.5 in long, 1 in wide and 3.25 in high. It looks like a
>rabbet plane but the blade is skewed. On the front is RW Hendrickson
>65 1/2 Bowery. There is also stamped another name E.N. Tynan which I
>suspect was a previous owners name. If anyone has any info about this
>plane and its proper use please let me know.
>
Rabbets came in both square and skewed versions.
According to Pollak 3rd edition:
RW Hendrickson made planes and ran a small tool shop in New York City
during 1859 - 1867. He made planes in Brooklyn in 1869 - 1870.
You have a sample of the "A" mark which has a 2 star rarity: (rare) between
100 and
250 examples known.
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The plane that started me as a collector was a 1 1/4" skewed rabbet - no
maker's mark
and it has an "english" look. (Just think of Jeff.)
It had belonged to my great-grandfather (1844-1927). The plane body had spit
- was now
held together by 4 countersunk screws - from the sole. The mouth is quite
open and the
wedge was pulverized but....
It just works much better than you would expect. The iron holds a great edge
which helps,
but it reminds me of what has been accomplished with tools that were far
less than perfect.
It probably has a value of $5 or less, but it is among the few tools I would
never
sell. It has served 4 generations already - and some time in the future it
will be
passed on to my son - you can't ask more of a tool.
Todd
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