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These are high quality planes made by Preston in Birmingham, England. They have light wear, but are still usable. They have high-angle, skewed blades. The blades have minor pitting as shown. They will require a bit of work to get them sharp, but they aren't too bad. It's a good pair of planes in a highly desirable size. $55

This plane was made by William Brain, a London planemaker working from 1802-1819. This plane has the early "Brain late Shepley& Co" mark which indicates it was made shortly after he took over the business. It's a top-quality plane in excellent condition. It cuts a 1 1 /2in wide by 1in deep profile. It has very light wear, perfect double boxing, and a nice clean blade. An excellent 200+ year old molding plane, still usable today $45

this is a top-quality plane made by Atkin and Son in Birmingham. It cuts a 1in wide by 5/8in deep quirk ogee and bevel profile, especially curvy and useful. It's in excellent condition with minimal wear, a long, clean blade, and perfect boxing. An ideal plane to work with. $40

This is an early British plane. It's been through a lot of owners and has seen a good amount of work. There is a cluster of owners' marks on the toe that covers up the maker's mark. It has a sorter blade and wear on the sole that has opened the mouth a bit. Considering how much work it has seen, it has remarkably no damage, just normal wear. $28

This is a top-qualtiy plane made by Greenslade in Bristol, England. It's in excellent condition little-used and with minimal wear. The blade is clean where it counts. It's a solid worker. $28

This is a top-qualtiy plane made by Varvill in York, England. it has some light wear, but the profile is quite lovely. If you intend to use it, I'd recommend adding a small auxiliary fence to make holding it at the correct angle easier. Still a good worker, and quite the pretty profile. $28

This plane was made in Milford, NH by A. Heald in the mid-19th century. It has a scondary mark overstamped over the maker's mark, of which I can only read "Boston". It cuts a small reverse ogee profile on 1/2in stock. It has no spring and references the face of the board, not the edge. It's a purely American design, intended for casing moldings. It's in excellent condiiton, barely used. $30

This is a double-bevel plane that cuts a 3/8in wide bevel on either side. It has a fence attached that restricts it to cutting on the right side only. It might be able to be removed. The blade has pitting on the back, but it's salvageable, and accounts for the low price $15

These planes were made by P. Wilcox in Manchester in the middle of the 19th century. They have wear from use, including some clear indentations from the user's hands. They are still perfectly usable and free of major wear or damage. They cut a T&G joint centered on 1in stock and will work for 7/8in as well if you are careful. An good working set of planes $40

This is a top-quality side bead made by Varvill in York, England, one of my personal favorite makers. It's in exceptional condition with no wear, damage, or signs of use. The boxing is dead straight. The blade is perfect. It's an ideal example to put to work in this very desirable size. $40

This plane was made by Mackay, Burley, and Heys in Glasgow between 1875 and 90. It's a high-quality plane in excellent working condition. It has light wear from use, but remains dead straight with a nice clean blade. $30

This is a high quality plane made by Moseley and Son in London in the 1840s-1860s. It cuts a 5/8in wide by 1/4in deep reverse ogee profile. It has light wear from use. The blade has a good amount of length left and has no pitting on the back. It's a good, usable plane in a very useful profile. $30

This is a high-quality English plane made by Stokoe in London in the first third of the 19th century. It has light wear from use but no damage. The blade is long and clean. It's essentially a sprung bead profile with a fillet at the edge. It's a very usable plane and a lovely profile. $25

This plane is in excellent condition with light wear. The blade is especially clean. It cuts a complete 180-degree round-over on 1 1/8in stock. It would be useful as a forkstaff plane to work implement handles, among other uses. It was made by Auburn. $24

This plane is in excellent condition with light wear. The blade is especially clean. It cuts a complete 180-degree round-over on 1 1/8in stock. It would be useful as a forkstaff plane to work implement handles, among other uses. It was made by Thos. Appleton, a Boston-area planemaker who worked through the mid-late 19th century. $24

This is a top-quality British plane in excellent working condition. The body is straight. The depth stop works perfectly. Both blades are long and clean. It shows minimal wear. An excellent plane to put to work. It has no maker's mark I can see. It's undoubtedly British and of exceptional quality. An excellent working plane $40

This is a high-quality British dado plane in excellent working condition. It has minimal wear. The body is dead straight. Both the blade and nicker are long and clean. The depth stop works flawlessly. The build quality is superb, much better than most of the American examples we see. It's everything you want to find in a working dado plane. It was made by Mathieson in Glasgow. $45

This plane has minimal wear. It's dead straight with a functional depth stop. Both blades are long and clean. It's perfectly usable and a desirable size for case and cabinet work. It was made for Child, Pratt & Co., a St. Louis, MO hardware dealer operating between 1852 and 1859. $40

This plane cuts a 1in wide by 5/8in deep quirk ogee and bevel, a useful, general-purpose profile. This plane, made by Mathieson in Glasgow, is different in that it uses two blades to cut the profile- one to cut the bevel, the other the ogee. Why two blades? It makes the plane much easier to maintain. When the plane is used, the bevel blade does most of the work since it's removing the most stock. The entire profile must be ground with a single-blade plane when the bevel portion wears down. Two blades require much less grinding and honing to keep the blades projecting evenly across the mouth of the plane. This example has light to moderate wear and is still completely usable. Both blades are clean and have plenty of life left. $45

No, that's not a typo. It's marked 7/8in, but the distance between the nickers (which is what defines the size of the dado it cuts) is exactly 13/16. The plane has minimal wear, and long, clean blades. It's still straight. The depth stop works, but it's a little loose. Once it's set it pushes up a bit but it doesn't slip. It's a common problem. Just take the slip into account when you set the depth. It's a good, usable plane $28

This plane is perfectly usable. It's a common size and has some moderate wear which reflects in the price. It's still a good worker and a good size for larger case and cabinet work $28

This plane was made by the prolific Philadelphia planemaker John Bell. It cuts a 1in wide by 1/2in deep quirk ogee, a nice medium size version of this extremely versatile profile. The plane has light wear from use but no damage. The blade is long and clean. An excellent plane to put to use. $35

This plane has 19th century characteristics but no definite maker's mark. It has a bold "D.L" incuse mark on the toe I can't find in AWP-IV. It's an unusual profile that looks like a miniature coping plane in profile, but that's unlikely the case. It could be a sill drip edge plane. I'm stumped on this one. It's in excellent condition. $20

This is a high quality plane made by Greenslade. It cuts a 1/2in wide by 1/4in deep flat ovolo. The plane has light wear. the blade is decent- the back is clean but it needs the usual tuning to get it into working condition. It's a decent, usable plane that cuts a very useful profile $24

Gladwin is a well-documented planemaker and inventor working in both CT and the Boston area throughout the 19th century. This is a well-made plane with an odd profile. It cuts a 3/4in tall by 3/4in wide reverse ogee. It has no fence, which is both a plus and minus. A fence could easily be attached to allow it to run along the edge of a board. It has one small check at the heel right at the step. Otherwise, it's in excellent condition. The blade is original length and clean. The mouth is perfectly tight. A solid working example in an unusual configuration $35

This plane was made between 1829-1849 in Sheffield by Charles Heathcott. It's a top-quality plane in amazing condition. The plane is clean and crisp with no damage and minimal wear. The only flaw is a scuff mark on the bottom of the fence- it's minor but otherwise the plane is perfect. It cuts a quirk ovolo 1in wide by 3/4in deep. It's beautifully made, and about as nice as they come. It's absolutely usable and quite an interesting profile $45

This plane was converted by an owner from a round to a fluting plane. It was done some time ago based on the even patina, but the model number clearly indicates it was a originally a round. Still, it will work just fine as a fluting plane and is in exceptional working condition $24

This plane was made by Appleton who worked in and around Boston from the mid-late 19th century. It's in very good condition overall with some light wear. the blades are decent.It's perfectly usable. It cuts a complete 180 degree round-over on 5/4in stock. $26

This plane cuts a complete 180 degree round-over on 5/4in stock. It has some wear and is in good condition overall. $24

This plane was made by Ohio for the Detroit, MI hardware retailer BB&WR Noyes. the plane cuts a 1in wide by 1/2in deep quirk flat ogee. It's in very good condition with minimal wear. The boxing is straight and the mouth is super tight. It has a long, clean blade. It's a good quality plane that is completely usable. $35