I bought this plane in an antiques barn in Louth, Lincolnshire a few months ago for £5.
I couldn't see the stamp on the blade because of the rust so gave it a good clean with some Hammerite Rust remover jel from Halfords.
I can now see the blade is stamped ‘J Jowett, Royal Albion, Sheffield’. It is 2 1/8 wide. Jowett were recorded as manufacturers in Albion Street Sheffield in 1911 in Whites guide. So plane will be approx 100 years old.
(Saturday : I just tried this plane in the garage with some scraps of wood. I hadn’t realized how good they are to use. It just glides across the surface with no binding and lovely fine shavings. v.pleased with it.)
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