Plane rehab, small scale...

[steven c newman]

Decided to rehab this little fellow..
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Little Giant? Worked on the sole...
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Was a bit hard to check for flat....
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May start a sharpening thread on that iron?
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Cleaned up the cap iron...or is it a chipbreaker? Not a whole lot of parts to rehab..wasn't any rust, either
Put this all back together, trying NOT to cut any fingers on the iron's bevels...
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Tried a few passes along the edge of a scrap board....this plane will also cut as a scraper..
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Not much to hold onto...
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Not sure if I can cobble up a handle. Rumour has it that there were two kinds of these planes...

[Chuck Nickerson]

Fascinating. It looks like a straight-blade inspiration for Lee Valley's pullshave.

[steven c newman]

These sold for about 98 cents when new in the box....replacement cutters were in the Medicine Cabinet over the bathroom sink...