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Unadulterated Gloat and Question

David Miller from Iowa

>Thanks to Jim and Bugbear on the last query.

So my brother calls up today and says he knows a guy who has a bunch of planes for sale and wants them gone because he's moving to Florida. My bro has no money so he cuts me in if I finance the deal. We show up there and chat for a while. $600 buys about 130 planes, 70% junk, but that's 30 decent Stanleys and a bunch of molding planes. I won't bore you the the details although with my half I made out very well, and one of the many keepers was a butt mortise plane, upon which I have almost pulled the trigger from the LN catalogue - it's the same but obviously old. So my brother and I get in this debate - I say the butt mortise is a Stanley and he says its not (he has actually been collecting longer than I). So, I break out the Walters bible and I can't find it in there. Did I miss it in the book, or who made it?

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Mark Nowicki

>According to Garrett Hack, author of "The Handplane Book" Stanley never made a butt mortise plane.

Regards

Mark Nowicki

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Cameron

>Rumbold made the butt mortise plane - the most common one anyway (which really isn't that common actually).

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Bill Ward

>I've only seen two and they were both Rumbolds. Asking price was nearly what a new LN costs.

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Anybody got a picture they could share???

Vic P

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Mike G.

>I have a butt mortice plane that was "craftsman made" from E. Germany. It's a chrome plated piece of steel channel with Birch knob and tote. It looks like they used an antique iron, though, because it's tapered in thickness and slightly in width. It does a great job and for any job less than 3 doors, is faster than setting up an electrical monster. Also easier to carry than a router and dragging a cord through someone's house.

Mike G.

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Cameron

>Here's a side view of the Rumbold....


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thanks for the pic however...

Vic P

>Displaying my ignorance big time here how and where is it used? Maybe I should ask what is a butt mortise?

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Re: thanks for the pic however...  *LINK*

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

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It's not an anatomical reference

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Thanks Bill as always a great answer

Vic P

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