Wood Plane ID?

[Outlawmws]

Picked up a tiny wood plane today, (decent haul for one stop, the plane, 3 body dollies, and a tiny near antique AC/DC gear reduction motor, which unfortunately is still 1500-1600 RPM AFTER the reduction... (Motor must be spinning 10-15K...)

Anyway as you can see this wood plane is small. Not an single makers mark, not number on it. I've never seen one quite like this. The shoe is flat lengthwise, but has a slight curve across the width.

I'm thinking that perhaps this was for doing finish work in the seat area of wood rocking chair?

Can anyone ID a maker, and possibly a date for this little guy?

 

[trboxman]

It looks like a specialty plane for makers of stringed musical instruments.

 

[JASTECH]

I have a few USA & England, nothing like that though. I would add it to my mess.

 

[trboxman]

Different styles, but I think same purpose: http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=32680&cat=1,41182

 

[Outlawmws]

Similar concept but those are substantially smaller than this one. Blade width is 2" (50mm).

It certainly could be intended as an instrument makers plane though...

Pretty odd, as the place I got it from was an old 40-50 year old closed alternator/generator/starter rebuild shop, although the guy apparently lived on premises until a few years ago, and also had a mod 100 Craftsman Table saw (with all the extensions) and a 4" jointer.

Hmmm, come to think of it, he was also into guns, and maybe this was for stick work? It would make more sense for that if the curve was the other way...

 

[mechanic217]

I think you may have part of a box scraper, the handle is missing, they were used to remove labels from wooden shipping crates.

 

[Outlawmws]

Nailed it; Excellent call, and correct on the missing handle!

I guess they were also used for some wood working, but primary use was apparently scraping labels off of boxes when wood was the common way to ship, (which gives a hint of its age..)

 

[Outlawmws]

That first pic I posted apparently has the handle swung around the wrong way, and you dragged the plane, rather than pushing it. (which sorta makes sense)

 

[trboxman]

I'll have to file that one away for future reference.