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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. $65

This is a top-quality English plane made by William Gillett in Bristol between 1830 and 1860. It cuts a 5/8in wide by 1/4in deep cove and ovolo. It's in exceptional condition with minimal wear. The blade is perfect. The mouth is tight. It has a York pitch blade for working hardwoods. It's a beautiful example of this extremely desirable profile. $50

This is a top-quality English plane made by William Gillett in Bristol between 1830 and 1860. It cuts a 7/8in wide by 1/2in deep quirk ogee and bevel profile. It's a classic, general-purpose profile, popular for centuries. . It's in exceptional condition with minimal wear. The blade is perfect. The mouth is tight. It has a cabinet pitch blade for working hardwoods. It's a beautiful example of this extremely desirable profile. $50

This is a top-quality English plane made by William Gillett in Bristol between 1830 and 1860. It cuts a 1in wide by 5/8in deep quirk ovolo and bead profile. It's a beautiful profile in a general-purpose size. It's in exceptional condition with minimal wear. The blade is origoinal length and clean. The mouth is tight. It has a cabinet pitch blade for working hardwoods. It's a beautiful example of this extremely desirable profile. $50

This plane was made by Shepley, a multi-generation family making planes in London from 1771-1805. This plane has the early incuse "Shepley" mark with nothing else. It's likely on the early side of that date range. This plane cuts a dizzyingly steep cove quirk-ogee and astrgal profile that's 1 1/4in wide and 1in deep. The plane has moderate wear and evidence of a fence and depth stop being added at one point. Still, it remains in good condiiton and was clearly well cared for. It's a great example of a plane that's likely 225-250 years old $60

This is a top-quality plane that cuts a small 3/4in wide by 1/2in deep quirk ovolo and astragal. It's beautifully made with double boxing and a cabinet pitch blade for working hardwoods. the blade is in good shape with plenty of life left and minimal pinprik pitting. The boxing is still straight and has little wear. The plane itself has minimal wear as well, and was barely used. There's what appears to be an R. Pearce maker's mark, but it doesn't appear in my British planemaker's book. A top-quality plane that will still make an excellent worker. $40

This plane was made by Carrick and Craig in Glasgow. It cuts a 7/8in wide by 7/8in deep ogee- a rare profile to find. It's in excellent condition with minimal wear. The blade is long and clean, free of pitting. It's absolutely usable $40

This plane was made by George Collier in London in the late 19th century. It's a high-quality plane that remains in excellent condition. The blade is long, clean, and free of pitting. The mouth is still tight. It cuts a 3/8in wide by barely 1/4in deep flat ovolo, a very rare size of this useful general-purpose profile. $40

This is an excellent working example. The body is straight. The mouth is tight. The blade is long and clean. It has light wear and is still completely usable with little work required to get it sharp. $30

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 has moderate wear but it's still usable and has no major flaws. It was made by the partnership of Hoey and Taber in New York between 1836-40. It's a fairly scarce (***) mark. The boxing is a bit worn but still straight. The blade is long and clean. It'll need the usual tune up, but you'll have a usable 3/16in bead, which everyone wants. $28

This is a beautifu English plane that cuts a 1 1/2in wide by 1in deep quirk ogee. Based on the blade length, it's been used quite a bit, but it remains in excellent condition, a testament to the care of the former owner. This plane was made by the Mancheter, England, planemaker Hathersich likely in the early 19th century.It's a high-quality plane with a lot of working life ahead of it. $45

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. It cuts a quirk ovolo and fillet 1in wide by 7/8in deep. It's beautifully made, and about as nice as they come. It's absolutely usable and quite an interesting profile $50

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

These planes were made by Enos Baldwin, who worked in New York in the first third of the 19th century. These planes cut a T&G joint centered on 1 1/2in stock. The planes have been used and have light wear but no damage. They have steel-clad fences for wear resistance. Both blades are still usable. They are a true matched pair. $60

This plane cuts a useful, general-purpose ovolo measuring 1/2in wide by 1/4in deep. It's an ideal little profile for quickly decorating and breaking the edge of any flat surface. It's a high-quality plane made by Hobday and Tovey in Chatham. It has minimal wear but does have one flaw- a bit of a chip at the heel in the short grain from a mallet strike. It's a cosmetic flaw only. The mouth is tight. The blade is long and clean. It's an easy plane to use and maintain. A great starter plane for the molding-plane curious. $30

This plane was made by Marples in Sheffield. It cuts a 1in wide by 3/8in deep quirk ogee, bevel, and bead profile, which is highly unusual. The plane has seen use and has a somewhat open mouth and wear at the mouth. Not ideal, but it's still usable. The blade is long and clean. It's based at the York pitch. $30

This plane has a sheared off wedge finial where the short grain split from a hammer strike. It's minor, but worth noting as it's the only flaw. It's a top-quality plane made by Griffiths in Norwich. It cuts a 5/16in square ovolo, as marked on the heel and measured. It's a very rare size. The blade is long and clean. It's bedded at 60 degrees- cabinet pitch, ideal for hardwoods. It's a beautiful little plane that will be an ideal worker. $40

The 1/8in bead is always in high demand but hard to find in good condition. This is a top-quality, slipped side bead made by Griffiths. It has a middle pitch, 55 degree, blade which is log and clean. The boxing is excellent. The plane has light wear from use and general age, but no damage. It will be a fine worker $40

This plane cuts a standard ogee with a fillet at the end. The profile measures 3/4in wide by 1/2in deep. It's a high-quality plane made by Gardner in Bristol. It has a cabinet pitch blade for hardwoods. The blade is long and clean. The plane has very light wear from use. It remains straight and has a tight mouth. A solid working example with an interesting profile $45

This plane cuts an unusually small 1/4in square ogee profile. It's a high quality plane made by Griffiths in Norwich. the plane has light wear but no damage and is still completely usable. It has an especially long and clean blade. A nice user in a rare profile $40

This is an unusual profile 3/4in wide by 5/8in deep. It's a step fillet combined with a quarter-round or ovolo profile. It's a top quality plane made by D. Malloch in Perth. The plane is excellent condition with minimal wear. The blade is long and clean, the mouth tight. It's perfectly usable and quite a nice profile for edge decoration. $40

This is a high quality plane made by TJ Gardner in Bristol, England in the late 19th or early 20th century. It cuts a curvy reverse ogee roughly 1/2in deep and 3/4in wide. The blade is long and clean, bedded at York pitch for hard woods. The plane has only light wear and remains perfectly usable. $35

These planes are clearly early, likely late 18th century. That's based on the broad, flat chamfers along the hand holds, the rounded wedge finials, and the deep cove at the step. It's been through at least three owners who tried to out-compete each other with their name stamps. Whatever maker's mark was there is now obliterated. Otherwise, the planes clean and crisp. They both cut ovolos- one 1in deep and 7/8i wide, the other 7/8in deep and 3/4in wide. The mouths are perfect. The blades are long and clean. It's a nice pair of early planes, still completely usable despite the centuries. $60

This plane cuts one, or many 1/4in wide beads along the length of a board. It's run along a batten clamped to the work to keep the beads aligned and create a beautiful reed molding. This example is in excellent condition and perfectly usable. It's still dead straight and has a long, clean blade. $30

This plane cuts one, or many 1/4in wide beads along the length of a board. It's run along a batten clamped to the work to keep the beads aligned and create a beautiful reed molding. This is a high quality plane in excellent working condition. It's still dead straight and has a long, clean blade. $35

This plane was made by Sandusky for Sargent. It's marked "SPECIAL" on the toe and has no model number. I've seen a few of these from Sandusky and the use case is somewhat of a mystery to me. The plane cuts a 1/8in wide groove. The metal side of the plane can be adjusted and acts like a depth stop. The plane is in near-mint condition. $28

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 is a high quality molding plane made by H. Chapin at the Union Factory outside of Hartford, CT. It's in excellent working condition. The body is straight. The blades are long and clean. The depth stop works perfectly. It's a good user for making dados for larger case and cabinet work. $35

This is a high quality plane in exceptional condition. It's dead straight. The boxing is perfect. The blade is long and perfectly clean, barely used. It was made by Owasco. Finding center beads isn't too hard, but finding them straight and usable is a challenge. This is a great example if you want one to put to use. $35

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 is a high quality plane made by the Arrowmammett Works in Middletown, CT. It has double boxing including a half-hammerhead boxed fence. It has seen use and has about half of the original blade length left. It's been cared for and has no damage or major wear. It's a very unusual size and a high quality tool $26

This plane was made by J. Gibson in Albany, NY between 1823-52. It's a high quality plane in excellent condition. It has double boxing and a very clean blade. A perfectly usable plane. $25

This plane was made for Marten Doscher, the New York Hardware dealer. It's a high quality plane in excellent condition.The boxing is perfect. It has a long, clean blade. A perfectly usable plane. $24

This plane was made by A&E Baldwin in New York City, who operated from 1830-41. The plane has light wear, perfect boxing, and a long, clean blade. A very nice example $22

This plane is described in the catalog as a Roman reverse ogee w/ fence. It's a well-made plane with minimal wear and a nice long clean blade $30

This plane was made by Lorenzo Case in Watertown, NY ca. 1850. It cuts a 1in wide by 3/8in deep quirk ogee and bevel profile- a useful general-purpose molding. The plane is well-made and has minimal wear. There's a chip out of the rear boxing at the heel, a common flaw always the result of an errant hammer strike. The blade is in perfect condition. $30

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 is a top quality plane made by Kellogg in Amherst, MA. It's barely used, free of wear, and still dead straight. The blade is perfect. The only flaw is a small chip out of the rear boxing, a common flaw caused by an errant mallet strike. A fantastic working example in a very useful size $30

This is a high quality plane made by Hields in Nottingham, working dates 1830-1881. This plane is in excellent condiiton, but very well-used based on the length of the blade. There's still a decent amount of life left. It cuts a nice little 9/16in wide by 1/4in deep flat ovolo, a useful and desirable profile. $25

This is a high-quality plane in exceptional condition. The only flaw is the lack of a maker's mark. The blade is perfectly clean. The body is crisp and clean with no wear and nice sharp corners. A great worker in a larger than usual size $28

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

This is a decent-quality plane with some wear from use. It cuts a 1in square ovolo, a larger than normal size, but not terribly popular since it's too big for most furniture. It has a decent blade and is usable. $24

This plane cuts a 1 3/4in wide by 1in deep ogee. It was made by H.L. Naramore in Cummingotn, MA between 1865-1872. It's a good-looking plane with a decent blade but the mouth is opened up, presumably intentionally. It's not ideal, for sure, but it could still be usable, and it's a nicer larger profile. $22

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 $28