Educational Norris on Ebay *LINK*
WoodburnBob
>Although interest in pre-owned infills is evidently low these days, this offering might be worth a comment or two. As I write, the auction has 3 days 18 hours left and has reached $862! If any of you think I'm ruining some great unnoticed bargain that you planned to snipe up for yourself at the last minute, please contact me off line. I have similar objects that I can offer to you at market value plus $500.
By all appearances the ebay-linked plane is an ordinary post-war Norris with "engine turning". It sure looks to be beech, not rosewood...as a couple write-ins point out. I'm thinking it may be cast, not dovetailed. The decorative side finish is missing from the top and bottom, suspiciously looking like the result of grinding off corrosive pitting. I got quite a smile out of reading the two "questions for seller" dated 10-17.
Anyway, I believe that following this auction to its bitter end will provide me with considerable entertainment and education, both about Norris planes as well as the proclivities of my fellow man. I just wanted to give a few of you the same opportunity.
Link to the plane in question