Hi,

I just purchased my first two wooden hand planes. Each plane has a name
on their end grain.

Can someone please help me identify these planes.

The first on has J. Scovill stamped on the end.

The second has 5/16, 100 and it looks like A Monty. Below the name is
three stars and below the three stars is Boston something. Too faint to
read.

If there are any web sites which help dating I'd appreciate those as
well.

Thanks for the help.

Alex

wrote:
Hi,

I just purchased my first two wooden hand planes. Each plane has a name
on their end grain.

Can someone please help me identify these planes.

The first on has J. Scovill stamped on the end.

The second has 5/16, 100 and it looks like A Monty. Below the name is
three stars and below the three stars is Boston something. Too faint to
read.

If there are any web sites which help dating I'd appreciate those as
well.

Thanks for the help.

Post a link to the pictures you'll be taking...

R

On 20 May 2006 19:38:21 -0700, wrote:

Hi,

I just purchased my first two wooden hand planes. Each plane has a name
on their end grain.

Can someone please help me identify these planes.

The first on has J. Scovill stamped on the end.

The second has 5/16, 100 and it looks like A Monty. Below the name is
three stars and below the three stars is Boston something. Too faint to
read.

If there are any web sites which help dating I'd appreciate those as
well.

Thanks for the help.

Alex

Those might be company names but also could be an owner who stamped
their name on the tools. I have some old chisels that I bought at a
flea market. They had a name stamped on them....just like yours
first initial/last name. I searched all over trying to get info about
the company. In the end a collector told me they were Buck Bros and
the *H. Clark" was an ancient owner.

Hi,

found out who made the plane. It was not Boston that I was reading but
Ruxton.

A Monty, Roxton Pond, PQ Canada.

Made areound 1880.

Alex