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Block Plane
- Material
- WOOD-UNKNOWN; METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;
- Description
- Brown wooden block plane with slightly curved sides and squared off ends. It has a wooden wedge that prevents the metal blade from moving. The wedge & blade could not be removed for closer inspection. The blade is set with its bevel up and sharp edge down. There are 4 small holes in the bottom. An …
- Manufacturer
- Varvill & Sons
- Manufacturer Notes
- According to a contemporary advertisement found online in the Ampleforth Journal, Robert Varvill & Sons were wholesale ironmongers, "Tool manufacturers, bar iron & steel merchants, dealers in paints, gilts, and colours" located at Bridge Street and Ebor Works, North Street in York
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- WOODWORKING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Place Of Manufacture
- Great Britain
- Description
- Brown wooden block plane with slightly curved sides and squared off ends. It has a wooden wedge that prevents the metal blade from moving. The wedge & blade could not be removed for closer inspection. The blade is set with its bevel up and sharp edge down. There are 4 small holes in the bottom. An inscription in the wood at one end reads "R. KERRY / VARVILL & SONS / EBOR WORKS / YORK"
- History Of Use
- The block plane was designed to be used with one hand. It received its name because of its block shape. They were especially used for fine cabinetry and model work. It can also be used for all ordinary work that does not require the plane to be adjusted frequently.
- Material
- WOOD-UNKNOWN; METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;
- Inscriptions
- R. Kerry
- Varville & Sons
- York
- Height
- 12.5
- Width
- 7.7
- Length
- 21
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1978.140.14
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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