HERE IS A RECENTLY RESTORED RECORD NO 0113 CIRCUMFERENCE PLANE.
THIS IS QUITE A RARE PLANE EVEN IN ENGLAND
THEY WERE ONLY MANUFACTURED FOR 11 YEARS, 1932 /1943
THE PLANE CAME INTO THE WORKSHOP IN WHAT YOU MIGHT SAY , A TIRED STATE,
MOST OF THE ORIGINAL BLUE PAINT WAS MISSING, A LITTLE BIT OF SURFACE RUST BUT NO PITTING.
HOWEVER, EVERYTHING WAS ORIGINAL, I DONT THINK IT HAD HAD MUCH USE,
THE IRON WAS ALMOST FULL LENGTH AND ORIGINAL SO IT WAS WORTH A FULL RESTORATION.
THE PLANE IS NOW IN FULL WORKING ORDER OR MAYBE THERE IS A SPACE ON A COLLECTORS SHELF.?
THE IRON IS CLEAN AND FULLY GROUND AND SHARPENED.
CONDITION EXACTLY AS PER PHOTOS
WHEN A PLANE LIKE THIS COMES IN IN A TIRED BUT MORE IMPORTANT AN ORIGINAL STATE IT IS A DIFFICULT DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO RESTORE OR LEAVE IT AS FOUND
SOME COLLECTORS LIKE TO SEE A TOOL IN AS FOUND CONDITION, THIS I UNDERSTAND, HOWEVER, IN AS FOUND CONDITION IS NEARLY ALWAYS A TOOL THAT IS RUSTY, MOST OF THE ORIGINAL PAINT MISSING, PARTS SIEZED UPAND CUTTERS TOTALY BLUNT,
THE PLANE IS IN ESSENCE TOTALY ORIGINAL BUT IN PRACTICE USELESS.
I LIKE TO SELL PLANES AND TOOLS THAT ARE FIT FOR WHAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT FOR , THAT IS TO WORK IN A WOODWORKERS SHOP.
ITS A PERSONAL PREFERENCE.