Keith 66
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A stroke of luck today clearing out an abandoned boat at the yacht club, load of junk to go in the scrap metal skip, In the bottom of the skip i spied an old plane someone had chucked in. After much fishing with a long bit of bent wire i managed to get it out.
Its a Prestons smoothing plane, iron bodied with rosewood infill, Handle & top of front infill broken off but body undamaged & blade with plenty of length left.
I searched for half an hour for the missing bits but found nothing.
Bronze cap iron with prestons name & logo still clear. Its about 8" long blade 2 1/8" wide.
Anyone tell me how old & have a photo of a similar one so i can replicate the missing handle etc? Its too nice not to restore.
Its a Prestons smoothing plane, iron bodied with rosewood infill, Handle & top of front infill broken off but body undamaged & blade with plenty of length left.
I searched for half an hour for the missing bits but found nothing.
Bronze cap iron with prestons name & logo still clear. Its about 8" long blade 2 1/8" wide.
Anyone tell me how old & have a photo of a similar one so i can replicate the missing handle etc? Its too nice not to restore.
![Prestons plane.jpg Prestons plane.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/165/165725-Prestons-plane.jpg)